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Old 05-26-2010, 01:44 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Penforhire View Post
Some of Michael Chrichton's books were made into movies with very little of the plot altered (thinking of 13th Warrior, Sphere, Jurassic Park). Yes, the movies lost a TON of infodump that he lays on us, essentially losing the force of his message. But the stories weren't badly warped and the characters only mildly bent.
I liked "13th Warrior" quite a lot, but didn't like the book - but then I don't like Crichton at all.
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