I stopped buying real books around a decade ago.  I have nevertheless continued reading, several of them/year, but to my iPhone, which also works on my iPad.  It is not the same.  Convenient, but different. Every so often, one enters a transition, as for example, leaving home to college, or retiring.  Recently, I finished  The Three Body Problem  ( a Chinese novel I'll report on soon ), and began reading  Eruption . ( a novel about a Hawaii volcano ).  Also during this period, I finished watching two Netflix series,  OA  and  Zero Day .   Next?  I have a problem, which I'll explain later. Michal Crichton passed away in 2008, but I noticed this  facebook comment by someone named Michael Crichton .  Another kind of transition? Crichton’s work often examines the dangers of advanced technology spiraling out of human control, a theme that aligns closely with Zero Day ’s premise. In Prey, Jurassic Park, Sphere, and The...