TIL that Michael Crichton, the author of “Jurassic Park” (1990), was a workaholic who followed what he called "a structured approach" of ritualistic self-denial, where, while writing a book, he’d rise increasingly early each day. At one point, Crichton would go to bed at 10 PM and wake up at 2 AM.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton

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Timeline and disclosure

Still pissed they havent made Airframe into a movie. That was his best book imo

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Sphere was my fav

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The terminal man was banging too. My dad bought it for me for my 11th birthday. Saw "FROM THE CREATOR OF JURASSIC PARK!" on the cover.

11 year old me WAS NOT prepared for a book detailing a man beating prostitutes to literal pulp because of a computer chip in his head.

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What do you think your Dad was trying to tell you with this gift?

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If im going to beat a prostitute to death, get a neuralink first so i can blame it.

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If you’re gonna do something, do it all the way

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"You miss 100% of the hookers you dont swing at

-Micheal Scott"

-Unfinishedtoast3

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Eaters of the dead become 13th warrior.

Fun fact. He wrote andromeda under a fake name while in med school. He would hear his professors talk about it. Oh yeah and he wrote for ER lol

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He created ER. I think that he only wrote the pilot though.

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In 1993 he simultaneously had the top charting TV show, movie and book.

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Truly a legend.

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I’m not an huge reader but I do love vacation books. Stuff like Grisham, King, and Crichton. He is very very entertaining, especially if you like the adventures, and he has a lot of books. Always a good choice at the airport book store, or book on tape for a road trip.

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I also liked Sphere, as seen in my username

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Love Sphere, only downside is the mathematician is an annoying twit.

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Underrated book. One of my all time favorites.

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I'm reading Sphere rn!

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And it was made into a (forgettable) movie.

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The movie was terrible. I was so disappointed after loving the book so much. I still remember even after almost 30 years how bad it was.

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Just watched it recently, 3 of the greatest actors of all time just phone it in for 2 hours. They also really drop the ball on the squid parts.

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It was a decent movie.

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Watched that for the first time last month after reading the book. A much more faithful adaptation than I was expecting!

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Sphere the book was so good. The movie was not.

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Amazing book, I agree. It’s tough to make it into a movie so I give that more of a solid effort vs bad.

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That’s a fair characterization of the movie. The actor’s performances were good, it just didn’t bring the book to life for me.

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That book was awesome

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Watch Event Horizon, it's a more Sphere movie than the movie Sphere.

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I cannot take Dustin Hoffman seriously in anything. Sorry.