Chrichton seems to be "every odd book is great, every even book is crap" type of author.
I remember wanting the day to end so I could get home to read more of Jurassic Park and being sad when it ended. But the next book did not have the same depth/quality as the first. I liked "State of Fear" but thought "Next" was written by someone else or so heavily edited it lost my interest. "Pirate Latitudes" was pretty good and appears to be well researched.
OMG - he also wrote "Twister" which was later turned into a movie!! No wonder that movie had something extra.
I recently audiobooked "A case of Need" by Jeffrey Hudson - Pen name of Crichton. Heavy on the medical side of things. I can see the seed of the "ER" series as he exposes the world doctors live in and their problems.
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Yeah, but the guy eats a turkey sandwich every day for the length of time it takes him to write a book, there's something to be said about that.
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You are thinking of James Patterson. He just wrote another novel in the time it took me to post this.
