Michael Crichton’s Eruption: When Science Burns Bright—but Plot Melts Thin
Michael Crichton’s Eruption, co-authored with James Patterson, is the kind of science thriller that makes you nostalgic for Crichton’s heyday. After finishing Dan Brown’s The Secret of the Secrets, which flirted with metaphysics and brushed past science fiction, I found myself aching for something tighter, colder, more precise. I missed Crichton’s rigor. His thrillers…