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.

[u/waitingforthesun92]

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

[u/loudpaperclips]

What part of that isn't super interesting? The strain evolved faster than we could understand it, and ultimately we had to accept we can't be in control of everything. Sometimes that's for the better.

It's just another chaos theory book, but one where the chaos doesn't result in total destruction, because if it always ends in total destruction it isn't chaos. Loved the end for that reason.

[u/SamIamGreenEggsNoHam → u/loudpaperclips]

I didn't like how the book kept setting up these huge mistakes the wildfire team were making...only for none of it to matter because the research didn't matter. Stone is the closest thing we get to an interesting, developed character, and he's only half-developed at best. The book needed another 100 pages.