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Understand more about the the writer's experience and personality in this non-fiction. Highly recommended for Michael Crichton reader. ( )
thiennguyen | Jun 23, 2009 |  
Synopsis: In this non-fiction work, Crichton begins with his med school days and the travel that he made within himself to finish school. The second part of the book deals with his travels around the world for leisure and making movies. He climbed Kilimanjaro, dove for wrecks in the Carribbean, and stayed with a New Guinea tribe. The third part of the book centers around the travel he took to find himself through psychics, meditation, and spiritual journey.
Pros and Cons: The book reads as Crichton's fiction thrillers do - fast paced and interesting. You can feel his anxiety and self doubt throughout the book, as he questions different decisions that he made throughout life. He can also come across as arrogant, especially while discussing relationships and whether to continue with a dangerous adventure. Overall, it is an entertaining book and I recommend it ( )
jayde1599 | May 27, 2009 |  
Crichton's impressionable and soft side is revealed. Who would've known the experiences he's had. Med school drama is revealed.
kwisple | Sep 8, 2008 |  
Crichton's books are fascinating, as is this travelogue. But he really is a sexist jerk, as is shown by his arrogant tone of voice and treatment of all genders and races different from his own. And the man really had a conversation with a cactus? Get real. ( )
aratiel | Feb 11, 2008 |  
Of all of Crichton's work, one of my favorite is funnily enough a non-fiction work. At times it seems hardly believable, and yet, I didn't mind too much. The narrative and anecdotes contained within were worth it, and I will reread this one several times in the future no doubt. ( )
cinesnail88 | Dec 24, 2007 |  
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In self-analysis the danger of incompleteness is particularly great. One is too soon satisfied with a part explanation. -Sigmund Freud
Existence is beyond the power of words to define. -Lao-Tzu
What you see is what you see. -Frank Stella
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For many years I traveled for myself alone.
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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0345359321, Mass Market Paperback)

"Entertaining, and in the best sense of the word, unsettling."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Fueled by a powerful curiosity--and by a need to see and feel and hear, firsthand and close-up--Michael Crichton's travels have carried him into worlds diverse and compelling. This is a record of those travels--an exhilarating quest across the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world, a determined odyssey into the unfathomable, spiritual depths of the inner world. It is an adventure of risk and rejuvenation, terror and wonder, as exciting as Michael Crichton's many masterful and widely heralded works of fiction.

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