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Micro A Novel Michael Crichton Richard Preston Books

From giant dinosaurs to killer robots smaller than a flea, Crichton covered the entire gamut. Michael Crichton died with this novel unfinished, and Richard Preston was selected to complete the novel. Most of Crichton's were based on science fact, bit this one is pure fantasy.
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A group of graduate students is lured to Hawaii to work with a tech company, with a natural purpose. Nanigen is looking for the next big find in pharmaceuticals in plants, insects, etc, at the molecular level. The easiest way to find that is to shrink people to 1/2" in size, by means of a large magnetic field. Really?
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I have been a fan of Crichton's work since The Andromeda Strain, but this was a difficult book to get through. The action was there, but putting reality on hold for 400+ pages is a little difficult, based on his previous solid performances. The characters are very stereotypical, and they bored me to tears. If you want a futuristic sci-fi book to read, this one isn't too bad, but this does nothing but lessen the legacy Michael Crichton left behind.
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My Rating: 2.5/5 stars


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Micro A Novel Michael Crichton Richard Preston Books Reviews

Sadly I found this to be a fairly poor work. The characters are thrown at you in the beginning in such a way that you don't get to know them before the author starts describing the next one. Because of that I didn't develop a relationship or sense of concern with any of them. Key points where an emotional attachment can be made are skimmed over. It's as though the author has a passion for describing the micro world and considers character development as a necessary evil which should be addressed only enough to get his micro world published.

I felt like I was in the old TV show, "Land of the Giants", with all the camp and simplicity of that show 50 years ago.

At about the 60% mark I had picked up enough about the characters to actually start caring about them, but then one page they're there, the next something happened to them and time to move on. The ending was also unfulfilling but right in line with the lack of concern for the audiences relationship with the characters as was the beginning.
I had to stop reading this when the hero hit on a plan to confront the conspiracy that was pretty much a death wish. He had an intuition that doing anything reasonable was a bad idea. As he dragged everyone else into this, I think they ought to beat him with a board when the inevitable happens. As they are no doubt all cut from the same cloth, I suppose that's too much to hope for and they will all have some insanely inappropriate reaction. Of course in the real world, they would have been killed out of hand anyway. The end. I'm sure it all comes out well, but this is way too much belief to suspend.
The idea of micro-worlds and those which inhabit them is a fascinating one. If it had been written by Crichton alone, it would no doubt had been one of his best. Unfortunately, Crichton hadn't finished it at the time of his death, and while it was a very good story, the writing itself is somewhat sophomoric. It was hard for me to get past the first quarter of the book, but knowing it came from Crichton's imagination kept me hopeful. It would probably be a good stand-alone book for anyone not used to the way Crichton wrote, but for me, it just didn't work the way I hoped. That isn't the fault of Mr. Preston, I don't think. I was just really hoping for one last bit more from Crichton. Overall, it's a great idea, and there's a sequel that probably won't be written you're going to wish could be.
Knowing this novel wasn’t entirely authored by Crichton, may he Rest In Peace, made me skeptical going in, though I have enjoyed the bit of Preston I’ve read over the years. MC certainly had a knack for weaving complicated scientific subjects with fiction - just enough explanation without being boring or overwhelming to those unfamiliar. Here, the overall pace of the novel just felt off.

Upfront, most of this review dwells on the negatives, however, I did read through until the end. It was -just- interesting enough to keep the page-turning happening.

Spoilers to follow

-The Shrinking. For some reason, this took me by surprise, which in itself is a rarity - not enough coffee when I read the beginning is my guess. I almost put the book down, visions of the horrible ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ film crowding my head. I decided to continue for another 50 pages, and ended up reading through to the end, so...

-There’s a few characters that provide so little to the book, it’s a wonder they didn’t get cut in editing, or at the very least combined with others to make for a smoother read, such as with the shrunken group. I never found that MC wrote hugely fleshed out characters, but here, calling most of them one-dimensional might be too kind. I found no attachment to anyone in the group whatsoever; not that I wanted them to be hurt or die, but when they succeeded at something, or lost someone, the feeling evoked was, ‘ok, next page’, as opposed to actively rooting for them, being relieved, upset, angry, happy, -emotional-!

-A couple characters exist simply as expositional vehicles, rather than having such information be delivered via narration; after the third or fourth time this happened, all I could do was shake my head. It felt unnatural...people don’t often speak this way. One or two others were used only for their research specialty, period, which was convenient for convenience’s sake.

Furthermore, their acceptance of what had happened, their adjustment to it, as well as many of the dangerous issues they encountered, the deaths of their fellow lab acquaintances, they all pretty much rolled with, even the whiny/pessimistic characters.

-The setting itself, within the forest, was the best character for me, and despite how some of the information was related (unnatural character-speak), I really enjoyed the science and technological aspects! Though the book was over 500 pages (per my ), it felt as though it needed to be longer, as so much page-time was action-oriented. I wanted to know more about the processes involved with the shrinking, the environment they were in, the robot and other tech created. It’s this that kept me turning the page, not the characters. The one exception was Rourke...he could’ve been a novella on his own. Instead, he was introduced very, very late, and (it seems) died soon after.

-There were a number of times I wondered about the logical thought processes of the characters. For example, at the beginning, I felt Peter was really, really jumping the gun with the evidence he had...but the shrinking had to get started somehow, I suppose. Good thing for the plot that Drake quickly turned into a “mwah-ha-ha” villain! And then Danny, at the end...I don’t understand why they just let him stay like that in Rourke’s home, what with his arm, not even in the magnet room...but here again, the story had to start its conclusion somehow, no?

In the end, Micro did provide some interesting action, and a couple of surprises within its pages. For sure, it brings a load of nightmare fuel, depending on your personal fears. The science, the tech, and the setting were all fantastic, and I wanted more. The characters were nearly translucent, the plot roller-coastered from believable to plausible to ridiculous several times, and the overall writing simply wasn’t as smooth as you’d expect from either Crichton or Preston. Worth a read if you buy it on sale or borrow it from a friend or library.
From giant dinosaurs to killer robots smaller than a flea, Crichton covered the entire gamut. Michael Crichton died with this novel unfinished, and Richard Preston was selected to complete the novel. Most of Crichton's were based on science fact, bit this one is pure fantasy.
.
A group of graduate students is lured to Hawaii to work with a tech company, with a natural purpose. Nanigen is looking for the next big find in pharmaceuticals in plants, insects, etc, at the molecular level. The easiest way to find that is to shrink people to 1/2" in size, by means of a large magnetic field. Really?
.
I have been a fan of Crichton's work since The Andromeda Strain, but this was a difficult book to get through. The action was there, but putting reality on hold for 400+ pages is a little difficult, based on his previous solid performances. The characters are very stereotypical, and they bored me to tears. If you want a futuristic sci-fi book to read, this one isn't too bad, but this does nothing but lessen the legacy Michael Crichton left behind.
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My Rating 2.5/5 stars