It never ceases to amaze me how hysterical the Left becomes when confronted by the fact that there is any alternative whatsoever to their propaganda. Ad Hominem/name-calling is always the first weapon of choice.
[Mental note: Make a point of buying every Crichton book, seeing every movie.]
I'll second you on reading every book. Crichton writes the best science "fact" page turners of any author around. I would suggest thinking twice about seeing every movie, though. Hollywood has butchered some of Crichton's novels as bad as they did Clancey's "The sum of all fears".