I have finished the book and I can see where the thought could be that Kenner is actually Micheal Crichon's input. The last few chapters the characters expose alot of their views of what they feel should happen about the environment. Then Micheal has a few pages where he talks about his research and he new found beliefs and they are similar to those of the character Kenner in the book. But Gordon Morton that turns out to be truely alive shares his beliefs. The part where the actor Ted gets eaten alive is grosse. You could have warned me!! Watch out Robin!!