Soleil levant
by Michael Crichton
published
June 1st 2004
(first published 1992)
by Pocket
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binding
Poche, 412 pages
isbn
226614703X
(isbn13: 9782266147033)
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Just heard that Michael Crichton passed away after a private battle with cancer. He's best known for Jurassic Park (actually I LOVE the Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios), but my favorite Crichton book (not movie) is Rising Sun. I'm more of a mystery/thriller person than a science person, and this book had all the elements of a satisfying fast read. It's unfortunate he wasn't able to see the end of his ER series in its last season, but he leaves a lot of his words behind and according to S...more
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Read in January, 2008
I enjoy Michael Crichton's fiction. He is a good storyteller. I read this book as a followup to Airframe, a more recent book. Both books deal with and amplify Crichton's position that US national policy does not adequately protect our nation's intellectual property. Rising Sun was written in 1992 and uses a fast-paced murder investigation as a soapbox for Crichton to dispense his position.
Reading this book, I would say that Crichton has a strong respect for the Japanese business mind. ...more
Reading this book, I would say that Crichton has a strong respect for the Japanese business mind. ...more
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Detective Peter Smith took a job and a pay raise to work as a liaison in the Special Services division of the LAPD thinking it would be a cake ride. Once in a while, he needs to show up and play interpreter for Japanese nationals who run a little afoul of the law: speeding tickets, the occasional drunken disorderly charge, etc. However, after the body of a young white woman is found dead in the boardroom at the Nakamoto Towers during the grand opening celebration, he finds himself in over his he...more
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Read in October, 1992
Read in the 90's when there was concern that Japan was on its way to being the next superpower. One of the most interesting things was learning that photos could be altered using pixels and computers. Who knew 10 years later that super technology could be done on anyones laptop.
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Read in January, 1995
I don't really remember when I read this, sometime in the 90's. I was into "easy read" bestsellers at the time, like Grisham, and I think I bought this at the used bookstore on Park Road in West Hartford.
I ended up really liking this book at the time because I was in high school and it was kind of dirty. Basically, a black cop inexperienced with the Japanese and an older white cop with a lot of experience, run around L.A. trying to solve the murder of some lady.
Eventually I had...more
I ended up really liking this book at the time because I was in high school and it was kind of dirty. Basically, a black cop inexperienced with the Japanese and an older white cop with a lot of experience, run around L.A. trying to solve the murder of some lady.
Eventually I had...more
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Read in May, 2008
I wish I was a reader back in the early 90's. This would have been a lot more interesting, I think. It's the typical dooms-day scenario that Crichton loves to preach. Japan is taking over America, not via warfare but by hostile take-over type business tactics that are a way of life in Japan, but aren't politically correct here. Anyway, 15 years later and it doesn't seem much different then how he describes it. Japan has business interests here, but not to the extent that Crichton was predict...more
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A great book. A very accurate protrayal of the Japanese culture and mindset. The book is an interesting look at the American view and response to the Japanese culture excerting its influence here in America. I thought one of the most interesting effects of the book was the lack of protest by the Japanese culture to the book, but an enormous hue and cry about the movie. But the movie was tremendously watered down and cleaned up for political correctness.
If you want a clear look into the...more
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I have loved every Michael Crichton book I've ever read, except this one. The murder mystery aspect of it was fun, but it was so full of bad language and other such lovely garbage that I don't think I'll ever read it again. I guess there's a reason I'd never heard of it until I saw it on a shelf at DI. The story and suspense are not nearly as compelling as his other books. It's mostly a diatribe about how Japan is better than the US, and Americans are stupid for not realizing it. I don't recomme...more
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An interesting opinion on Japanese and American business interactions.
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In memory of Michael Crichton...
I read it years ago, so no review here.
I read it years ago, so no review here.
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Read in January, 1993
I read this in the 1990s sometime, and it struck me as total paranoia about Japan taking over the world. It's interesting to look back on it now, given what has happened to the Japanese economy. No one is talking about Japan taking over any more, or the trade deficit with Japan, etc. It's my personal belief that Japan will fail to be a real superpower to be reckoned with until they actually give equal opportunity to their women! If they took full advantage of their potential female workforce, lo...more
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Read in August, 2006
Rising Sun read like a good action movie - entertaining, but nothing earth-shattering. I was engaged cover to cover, but it was a little predictable.
In all fairness, though, I was reading it about 15 years to late. Character names like "Fast Eddy" and plots based on Japanese business tycoons and industrial spies probably seemed more edgy than cheesy back in the early 90s (published in '93).
I feel similarly about Dan Brown and Michael Crighton books. Simply good fun, someti...more
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