Hmmmm.....I don't know, I mean, there's something just...you know...fun about them darn novels. I like Tom Clancey and John Grisham novels too. Can't always read the Iliad or Anna Karenina. I guess it's just like pop.
I find those novels are perfect for plane trip or rainy days when you want to rest the old brain. *chuckle*
Same with music. I listen to mostly opera, classical, and jazz. but now and then, I listen to pop to "dumb things" down or zone out.
Like junk food?
Think Crichton maybe a "conspiracy"? I have the same thoughts about Tom Clancy. His stuff hits a little too close too home sometimes. I wonder if "bad guy" are reading his novels like manuals sometimes.
I don't think we'll ever know (about either of them).
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