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Originally Posted by ardeegee
All discussions on message forums (and in blog entries, and in articles published in major newspapers by columnists) that do not deal with objective facts are opinions. That is implicit. It neither needs to be written every time by the opinion giver that it is an opinion, nor is it necessary for someone else to point out the obvious.
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Often, if not always, after something like "It's your opinion ... " it lingers an echo of disagreement, slightly tinted of disapproval, which I share. If it was just I do not agree with you, no disapproval. Body language of words.
I think Michel Crichton was (is because his books are read, and liked, or not) a fantastic writer, a true gift of our "modern" times.
More than in science he was interested in technology and its consequences, when its limits were extended.
Apparently with the global warming controversy he was right. See the recent Nobel Prize caper.
I started with The Andromeda Strain, when it was translated in Italian they wanted someone familiar with the computer lingo of that time to make a check and the book came to me. So I got it for free and made some dough on the side. Nothing alike before.
I read all since. Except Next and Pirate Latitudes that I have and keep for future days in bed.
Ups and downs.The one I prefer is Prey. The one I liked less is the The Great Train Robbery.