{"id":1468,"date":"2013-09-06T07:45:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T12:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2013-10-27T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T18:04:07","slug":"michael-crichton-ruled-the-1990s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"Michael Crichton Ruled the 1990s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"images\"<\/a>\"images\"<\/a>Open Road Media released 10 early novels of genius Michael Crichton earlier this summer. These books are in the collection THE MED SCHOOL YEARS<\/a> and written between 1966-72 and under the name of John Lange. The retro covers and the series look great. I have just started reading them and look forward to the complete set. Coincidently, Hard Case Crime is bringing<\/a> out trade paperback of these books (with different covers) this Fall. I may end up buying both the eBook and the physical.<\/p>\n

I have been reading Crichton for years and especially liked his string of books from the 90s;\u00a0JURASSIC PARK (1990);\u00a0RISING SUN (1992);\u00a0DISCLOSURE (1994);\u00a0THE LOST WORLD (1995);\u00a0AIRFRAME (1996) and\u00a0TIMELINE (1999). He dominated the decade with his six best-sellers (in addition to re-issues in mass market of some of his earlier titles like CONGO and SPHERE).<\/p>\n

\"IMG_3153\"<\/a>I read each of the books immediately. I would read them in 24 hours. He was so topical. I actually think he helped create the culture of the 90s. Each one of these books was made into a big movie. All well made with JURASSIC PARK being a movie\/ride\/experience that had a major impact on pop culture.<\/p>\n

I was the National Accounts Sales Director for Knopf (part of Random House but pre-Bertelsmann).\u00a0 We were having a good year and the numbers were strong. But this year Knopf was \u201cdropping in\u201d Michael Crichton\u2019s latest AIRFRAME in early December.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_3150\"<\/a>Just in time for Holiday giving we were getting an “un-budgeted” 2-million copy gift that would propel us far beyond the annual goals.<\/p>\n

This was great! We already had made budget, but the billing for mega-author Crichton would push the bonus to the max.\u00a0 Every rep in Sales made more money because of this single book.<\/em><\/p>\n

I mentioned this to Mr. Crichton when we had a \u201cmeet and greet\u201d in the conference room. I thanked him. I went on how his book was going to make the entire Sales Force have better bonuses. He looked at me and said, \u201cDo you think it will sell?\u201d<\/p>\n

I was confident in my answer; I knew it would blow out like his last few. I replied, \u201cof course, you are on a roll!\u201d He was the biggest selling author in America and he was one of the smartest people ever to pen novels. He had even won an Edgar for A CASE IN NEED<\/a> written at Harvard Medical School! \u00a0Which brings us back to the reissues from Open Road. Can\u2019t wait to read them.<\/p>\n

By the way, AIRFRAME went on to be a #1 smash and sell millions of copies.<\/p>\n

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