I just finished reading “Travels” by Michael Crichton. The name Michael Crichton might sound
familiar to you and that is because he is the same author that wrote “JurassicPark”. However, the book I read is
called “Travels” and for obvious reasons I was drawn in by the title alone.
Unlike “Jurassic Park”, “Travels” is a non-fiction
novel. It is almost an autobiography by
Crichton. I say almost simply because he
doesn’t really talk about his childhood at all and I’m sure there are many major
events in his life that are left out.
However, he starts off the book talking about some of his experiences in
medical school. He actually managed to
finish medical school and never became a doctor. Instead he became a writer and really started
to travel the world. As the book
progresses, you start to realize that this book is not just about his physical
adventures as he travels the world. It
is also about some kind of metaphysical travel that he does internally
throughout his life. There are mentions
of many mental explorations including psychics, meditation and mediums. Despite what you may think about some of
these things, this book is worth reading if only to get a feel for his global
experiences. He has travelled from East
Africa, to Bangkok, to New Guinea and South America. He also manages to relate all of these
physical experiences to his internal journey.
To me this book was fascinating, partly due to the fact that
I’ve been to some of the remote places that he is talking about, but about 30
years later. If you are interested in
travelling to the deepest depths of the Earth, I would suggest reading this
book. I actually now want to go back and
read “Jurassic Park”.
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