Crichton, Crap Scientist

A decent author. "Next" is horrific; apparently at some point when writing his good books (Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, some others...) he started believing the kooky science he was writing about. Does it make me a horrible person that I was actually glad that he wouldn't be writing any more books like "Next" or "State of Fear?" I don't think so.