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Michael Crichton is my most well read author with 20 books just behind Stephen King who's on first place with 25.
Michael Crichton is the author of more than 30 books with Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Timeline and more recently Dragon Teeth among his most well known.
He is also the creator of the ER series and Westworld, as well as the action film Twister.
While a Medical Student at Harvard he needed money for his accommodation and personal expenses so he decided to gain some money by writing fast paced crime novels under the pseudonym John Lange, to protect his doctor persona.
He wrote 8 of these books of which I read only the last one published (Binary).
So last May I decided to buy all the seven remaining John Lange books reissued by Hard Case Crime editions with hardboiled/pulp fiction style covers.
November 4th 2018 marked 10 years since his sad passing in 2008 so I decided on that day to start my Crichton project where I will read all his books in publication order, one per month.
15 first reads + 19 re-reads something that translates into 34 months. It's quite a long journey but it's the journey not the destination that's important, right?
So, this was my 20th Crichton, his 1st novel, a novel where we see some signs of what Crichton would became later on.
A promising start by a 24 year old author but that's all.
It was cheesy, it had some plot holes, lots of sex, and not a lot of action or plot.
But it was a good start and I know that Michael Crichton will improve with every book he writes.
What comes next is Scratch One in December.
Rating: 6/10
Michael Crichton is the author of more than 30 books with Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Timeline and more recently Dragon Teeth among his most well known.
He is also the creator of the ER series and Westworld, as well as the action film Twister.
While a Medical Student at Harvard he needed money for his accommodation and personal expenses so he decided to gain some money by writing fast paced crime novels under the pseudonym John Lange, to protect his doctor persona.
He wrote 8 of these books of which I read only the last one published (Binary).
So last May I decided to buy all the seven remaining John Lange books reissued by Hard Case Crime editions with hardboiled/pulp fiction style covers.
November 4th 2018 marked 10 years since his sad passing in 2008 so I decided on that day to start my Crichton project where I will read all his books in publication order, one per month.
15 first reads + 19 re-reads something that translates into 34 months. It's quite a long journey but it's the journey not the destination that's important, right?
So, this was my 20th Crichton, his 1st novel, a novel where we see some signs of what Crichton would became later on.
A promising start by a 24 year old author but that's all.
It was cheesy, it had some plot holes, lots of sex, and not a lot of action or plot.
But it was a good start and I know that Michael Crichton will improve with every book he writes.
What comes next is Scratch One in December.
Rating: 6/10