Original Book Review/Essay 2/97 ((originally published on markorton.com ))(REVISED 1/29/02 – MAPS ADDED AT BOTTOM) (REVISED 6/25/03 – MAP OF ANGOLA SUPERIMPOSED ON THE US)Michael Crichton’s 1980 pulp novel Congo opens with an introduction that is truly arresting . I quote here the first two paragraphs in their entirety. “Only prejudice, and a trick of the Mercator…… Continue reading Michael Crichton’s Congo and the Transformation of the Western Mind