 In 1976 he published "The Hip Pocket Hitler", a book containing those quotations from Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, which Michell deemed to be humorous or insightful, thus seeking to portray a side to Hitler that was more favourable than the dominant paradigm.In 1979 he provided an introduction to a translation of Pliny the Elder's "Inventorum Natura", which had been illustrated by Una Woodruff.That same year he brought out "Simulcra", a work in which he examined perceived faces in natural forms such as trees.