Crichton Books

Who is Michael Crichton? What sort of books does he write about?

Wikipedia is your friend.

But off the top of my head: Jurassic Park and Andromeda Strain.

What used to be called “hard” science fiction.

Also, he writes some travel stuff. I believe he’s also the author of some medical research (but I don’t think that’s covered in the article).

Five Patients by: Michael Crichton Book Reviewed by Wes

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The Great Train Robbery [VHS] $5.18 Best-selling novelist Michael Crichton had already directed Westworld and Coma when he tackled the ambitious production of The Great Train Robbery in 1978. Adapting his own novel (which was inspired by the facts of the first known train robbery), Crichton sets this attractive, highly enjoyable film in London in 1855, where Edward Pierce (Sean Connery) and Agar (Donald Sutherland) plot to steal £2…

Andromeda Strain [VHS] $6.99 The best-selling novel by Michael Crichton was faithfully adapted for this taut 1971 thriller, about a team of scientists racing against time to destroy a deadly alien virus that threatens to wipe out life on Earth. As usual with any Crichton-based movie, the emphasis is on an exciting clash between nature and science, beginning when virologists discover the outer-space virus in a tiny town full o…

Jurassic Park III [VHS] $3.84 This film has outstanding special effects, excellent cinematography, a wonderful cast, and a thin script. While it is better than the second film in the Jurassic Park series, it comes nowhere near equaling the original Jurassic Park movie….