Heh that sounds like the Sherlock Holmes story. But yes, Michael Chrichton is great. You're right on about Prey though, it seemed diminished next his other works. I pretty much read everything except Eater of the Dead. He has an autobiography called Travels. Pretty interesting stuff.
As for sci-fi, I kinda viewed that as separate. Kinda like how it gets its own section in the bookstore.
For Chrichton-lovers, there are similar books from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs, called Relic and Mount Dragon. Pseudo-scientific stuff...pretty good.
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