Interesting show on Discovery today

Ron Natalie writes:

Because it wasn't Boeing. He obviously pulled pieces out of several
manufacturers and completely fabricated other parts. If he was going
to set it in the context of an existing company he'd have had to work
much harder. Some of the stuff is pretty spurious...while Crichton
does a bit of research, a lot of it is really superficial. I prefer
Hailey.

Crichton is better at biology.

_Airport_ is one of my favorite books, although it now seems to be out
of print. I originally read it on a TWA flight out of Saint Louis, if
I recall correctly. The movie was pretty good, too.

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