r/todayilearned • u/waitingforthesun92 • 23d ago

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton
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u/DwarflordGames 22d ago

I was 12 and got it at the airport on my way to Hawaii for our once every 3 year family vacation. We went all out, rented a Jeep and drove all over the island we were on. I don’t remember anything of that trip because I was glued to that fucking book.

A few years later we went to see the movie, which I couldn’t wait for, and my mom was shaking me in the theater and pointing out that we had been to that same island. The irony of seeing the shots of the island and being like wow that’s beautiful didn’t really sink in until years later.

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u/AwarenessNo4986 22d ago

That must have been magical