Comments on: Genetics Book Review: Michael Crichton’s Next

By: Dhody Thomas

Dhody Thomas — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:34:23 +0000

Crichton is a genius, but the books may not be all entertainment, I liked the ‘terminator’ and ‘Lost world’, which i read almost 10 years back, both books were half facts and stuff, but the remaining was pure high voltage entertainment, I just ordered “NEXT” i expect the same from him… albeit Crichton’s ‘Airframe’ and some other medical fictions drove me mad…

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:55:34 +0000

I havent read this book but have ordered it. I recently finished reading “the changeling Plague” by Snye Mitchell. Its on genetics run a muck she published back in 2002/3 ?. She is an amazing writer like Chritonton, She also graduated with a degree in, I think its Physics at the age of 15, and then a masters in Physical sciences at 17 ? Anyway, its a great book. Goes over the edge sometimes, but dont all decent books. So I am primed and ready for NEXT.

By: Graham Hume

Graham Hume — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:38:11 +0000

I have to say that I thought this book was rubbish. The characters were totally unbelievable and there seemed to be quite a few story threads unfinished. I also thought it was ridiculous that no-one noticed that Dave was a transgenic animal, surely someone would have seen his animal like features . Do yourself a favour and borrow this book from the library so that you won’t waste your money. I’d give this book D-.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:09:06 +0000

‘Next’ is a amalgam of what I assume Crichton’s ideas on genetic research and its potential. Much of it seems pretty implausible compared to say, cloning dinosaurs. He is a skilled writer though and manages to almost tie together many parallel plot lines and characters. My sense is that Crichton, like Tom Clancy, is getting a bit too preachy and not as interested in spinning a good yarn as he should be.

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:13:48 +0000

My Brother gave me a copy of Next for Christmas and I would have to agree with the reviewer that the best part of the book was the bibliography and Crichton’s opinions on future actions that should be taken.
I was disappointed by the plot lines, they were contrived from start to finish to provide story lines that Crichton wanted to explore; all of which were individually good stories but could not and did not fit together reasonably to make a cohesive . It was only by Crichton’s skill as a writer that he managed to make an entertaining, if week attempt at pulling them all together. Not up to the standards that I normally expect from Michael Crichton, but worth a dark disturbing read of a possible near future state of the world.

By: G. Tavenner

G. Tavenner — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:30:58 +0000

I was very disappointed in the book “NEXT” . The language used was awful and I was suprised by Michael Crichton’s using such foul language in what seemed to be a good book. I was a “Crichton” avid reader, but now I will re-think my choice.

By: Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:04:15 +0000

rahul: Thanks for the comments and letting us know what you thought of the book! I thought iwas a fun read too.

By: rahul

rahul — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:15:22 +0000

Id also suggest the readers that you must keep with the book. In the beginning i too was a little bit apprehensive about the events of the book and where was it leading to. Eventually as i reached about 50th page or so it was unputdownable!

By: rahul

rahul — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:11:12 +0000

Crichton is a modern day’s maestro. the way he has moved around with plots and sub plots was very smart. I did read State of Fear and it was extremely thought provoking about the enviornment. However with the general enviornment it often led me to question whether Global warmin was really a farce.
Anyways but talking of Next i would definitely rate it at A-. The promos and the sex were just so as to say a welcome break to some under-read’s like me!

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Genetics and Health » Genetically Engineered Immune System Cells — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:01:20 +0000

[...] The latest issue of New Scientist has a story that reminds me of Michael Crichton’s Next in which one of the main characters naturally produces super-cytokines which are able to attack cancer cells. The man’s tissues are subsequently procured and owned by a biotech company so they can mass produce the super-cytokines. Anyhoooo, Dan Jones wrote about genetically engineering immune system cells for treating tumors, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and auto-immune diseases. [...]