of novels such as The Pelican Brief, The Client, and The Firm. Other successful authors of the 1990s include Stephen King, Danielle Steel, Michael Crichton, James Redfield, Haruki Murakami, Keigo Higashino and Tom Clancy. Goosebumps by R. L. Stine, the second highest-grossing book series in the world, was introduced in 1992 and remained a dominant player in children's literature throughout and after the decade. A television series released on Fox Kids alongside a film version that released in 2015. The decline of diverse study options in university humanities schools due to economic rationalism, leading to a boom in purple prose heavily influenced by 20th century European social theory and cultural studies. In 1996 in what is known as the Sokal affair, a mathematician pranked a cultural studies by tricking them into publishing his nonsensical essay "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity" on the basis that the journal wasn't peer reviewed and would publish anything that seemed fashionably left-wing. In 1996 the Postmodernism Generator used a recursive transition network to imitate the postmodernist style of humanities writing. 1990s saw the rise of independent literature and notable self-help books, included Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray and Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson. People Actors & Directors Ben Affleck Jason Alexander Tim Allen Benyamin Sueb Gillian Anderson Pamela Anderson Jennifer Aniston Christina Applegate Kevin Bacon Alec Baldwin Antonio Banderas Roseanne Barr Drew Barrymore Kim Basinger Angela Bassett Sean Bean Elizabeth Berkley Sandra Bernhard Halle Berry Kathryn Bigelow Avery Brooks Pierce Brosnan Sandra Bullock Brett Butler Nicolas Cage Dean Cain Chen Kaige James Cameron Neve Campbell Drew Carey George Carlin Jim Carrey Dana Carvey Jackie Chan Dave Chappelle George Clooney Coen brothers Kevin Costner Courteney Cox Marcia Cross Tom Cruise Billy Crystal Macaulay Culkin Matt Damon Ellen DeGeneres Robert De Niro Johnny Depp Leonardo DiCaprio Shannen Doherty Fran Drescher David Duchovny Kirsten Dunst Anthony Edwards Chris Farley David Faustino Will Ferrell Laurence Fishburne Calista Flockhart Jodie Foster Dennis Franz Brendan Fraser Morgan Freeman James Gandolfini Janeane Garofalo Jennie Garth Sarah Michelle Gellar Mel Gibson Peri Gilpin Danny Glover Whoopi Goldberg John Goodman Joseph Gordon-Levitt Mark-Paul Gosselaar Kelsey Grammer Brian Austin Green Arsenio Hall Tom Hanks Curtis Hanson Phil Hartman Woody Harrelson Teri Hatcher Ethan Hawke Mitch Hedberg Bill Hicks Agnieszka Holland Anthony Hopkins Helen Hunt Samuel L. Jackson Jennifer Jason Leigh Angelina Jolie