Every bad book club eventually succumbs to the allure of Crichton, so we picked ourselves a doozy: a seafaring adventure about how everything would be better if all those minorities would just calm down and let a rational straight white man make all the decisions.

Anyway, Dorothy insists this is the least eye-melting title she could've chosen. But we did remember to recommend some nicer, better things at the end this time.

CONTENT WARNING for discussion of racism, misogyny, victim-blaming, fat-shaming, and homophobia.

1:00 The Crichton Oeuvre

7:45 Drink Menu

9:00 The Deceptively Fun Hook

15:00 Assembling the Crew

24:00 Spooky Shit at the Bottom of the Sea

33:00 And the Real Boogeyman was Identity Politics

38:00 When Even English Majors Know Your Technobabble is Bad

45:00 One Last Narrative Middle Finger

50:00 Crichton Fuckery Round-Up

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