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Maximum Ride | "Brilliant, Evil Business Model"

Author
Kellie Veltri
Published
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://shows.acast.com/rereading-the-revolution/episodes/maximum-ride

"Is James Patterson the GOAT?"


Our Patrons have been begging for it for ages, and it finally won our latest poll. We're taking on the original book in James Patterson's first middle grade/young adult series, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (2005). Kellie and Daphne are joined by special guest and one-time Maximum Ride superfan, Megan, to take on Patterson's infamous, bizarre career and his sci-fi book about mutant bird children. Did you know that this book is about mutant bird children?


New York Times Magazine James Patterson Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24patterson-t.html

Digital Humanities pieces on Patterson's Authorship:

​​https://dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/11/1/000286/000286.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/jun/07/bill-clinton-james-patterson-the-president-is-missing-co-authors


Correction: although she is not credited, Gabrielle Charbonnet is the co-author of this and other books in the series.


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