With the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park (film) having just passed, I’ve had Michael Crichton on my mind. I was introduced to him with Prey in middle school (undoubtedly a little early for the material) and I consider his work to be hugely influential in my love for reading today.
Bearing in mind at the end there he got a bit controversial, I still love almost every Crichton book I’ve read and have a few cherished copies of Prey and Airframe in my collection (IMO an underrated title in his backlist).
Are you a Michael Crichton fan and if so which titles do you most enjoy? Who are some other pop fiction authors you enjoy or consider guilty pleasures?
Oh wow OK you win the thread! Those magazines are wonderful, what fun items to have in your collection.
I think it can sometimes be difficult to consume media from periods where the common belief systems were just so antithetical to today’s way of thinking (especially older pulp) but it sounds like you have a fair way of handing the dated ideologies 😊
Some writers you can use the reverse trick on, some you can’t. Some stuff is just horrible and should be avoided. But I’m definitely against pretending there’s no problem.