Michael Crichton
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Book World: Ron Charles reviews Michael Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes'Hoist the Jolly Roger above the bestseller list, ye mateys, 'cause Michael Crichton has just published a swashbuckling pirate thriller. The popular author of "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain" went to Davy Jones's locker last... In this article: Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, Hollywood, Platinum, and Testosterone |
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USATODAY.com Books - Top Stories | 12 hours ago
Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' has the loot: Gore, sex, action
Back to the big screen: Michael Crichton, who died last November, is in line for another film adaptation Steven Spielberg bought the rights to Pirate Latitudes. Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' has the loot: Gore, sex, action died at 66 of...
In this article: The Great Train Robbery, Steven Spielberg, Cancer, Harvard, and HarperCollins
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National Public Radio | 1 day ago
What We're Reading: Nov. 24 - 30, 2009
This week, Michael Crichton's last book, ever, sails the seas of pirate adventure. In story collections: Alice Munro's strong and subtly mysterious women; Ha Jin's immigrants caught between two worlds. And a space-program history finds...
In this article: Ha Jin, Voyager, Gary Flandro, United States, Aggravation, Apollo, and National Book Award
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Yahoo! News | 1 day ago
Avast! Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' runs aground (AP)
...Press Writer Chad Roedemeier, Associated Press Writer - 36 mins ago "Pirate Latitudes" (HarperCollins, 320 pages. $27.99), by Michael Crichton: It's pointless to complain about the cardboard characters, dreadful action-movie dialogue and...
In this article: Dog, All rights reserved, Time travel, Gout, Timeline, ER, Jurassic Park, and Disclosure
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NPR | 2 days ago
Turan's Book Spotlights Theater Producer Joe Papp
...may edit them for clarity or brevity and identify authors by name and location. For additional information, please consult our Terms of Use. Michael Crichton's pirates; stories by Alice Munro and Ha Jin; and a history of space exploration.
In this article: Joseph Papp, Kenneth Turan, Renee Montagne, William Shakespeare, A Chorus Line, Public Radio, Martin Sheen, and Hair
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scotsman.com - Books | 4 days ago
Book review: Pirate Latitudes
...with the Edinburgh Evening News site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton is published by Harper Collins, priced AGBP18.99. Michael Crichton's posthumously-published...
In this article: Harper Collins and Caribbean
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Independent.co.uk - Books | 5 days ago
Michael Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' published posthumously
...the second, due out in fall 2010, will be a technological thriller based on a narrative Crichton had begun in notes and files. Michael Crichton's novels, including State of Fear, Prey, The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, and Timeline,...
In this article: HarperCollins, The Andromeda Strain, State of Fear, Prey, Timeline, Next, Amazon, Jurassic Park, and Caribbean
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Independent.co.uk - Books | 5 days ago
Weekly book agenda: Guadalajara book fair, popular new releases
The week of November 23 begins with the release of the posthumous Michael Crichton title Pirate Latitudes, followed by the start of the FIL book fair in Guadalajara. Coming soon: follow-up releases to Three Cups of Tea and Eat, Pray, Love.
In this article: Guadalajara, Booker Prize, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sebastian Barry, Julia Roberts, Indonesia, and UK
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | 5 days ago
Film reviews: The Informant! The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life Southern Softies
...necessarily all he appeared to be. In fact, he was a bit of a crackpot fantasist who'd read too many John Grisham and Michael Crichton novels and fancied himself as a secret agent, even giving himself the codename 0014 because he thought...
In this article: Steven Soderbergh, Matt Damon, Mark Whitacre, FBI, Che, Lysine, and James Bond
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Entertainment Weekly | 7 days ago
Pirate Latitudes
...of the importance of picking an ironclad password for your computer. This 17th-century seafaring adventure was discovered after Michael Crichton's death, buried like Blackbeard's treasure in one of the author's hard drives. Nobody at his...
In this article: Harvard, HarperCollins, Massachusetts Bay Colony, The Andromeda Strain, and Jurassic Park
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Independent.co.uk - Books | November 12, 2009
Weekly book agenda: new Michael Crichton title, Cervantes Prize
...world's most prestigious literary prize and largest book fair, plus a posthumous release by international bestseller Michael Crichton. The Department of Culture and Information of Sharjah has organized the Sharjah World Book...
In this article: Man Asian Literary Prize, Cervantes Prize, Wolf Totem, Montreal, Middle East, and Madrid
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Description from Wikipedia:
John Michael Crichton, M.D. or Michael Crichton pronounced: /ˈkraɪtən/, (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, producer, director, screenwriter, and medical school graduate, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994 he became the only creative artist to ever have works simultaneously charting at #1 in television, as creator of ER; in film, with the adaptation of Jurassic Park; and in book sales, with Disclosure.
His literary works were usually based on the action genre and heavily feature technology. His novels epitomised the techno-thriller genre of literature, often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and science background. Among others, he was the author of The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Travels, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World, Airframe, Timeline, Prey, State of Fear, Next (the final book published before his death), Pirate Latitudes (to be published November 24, 2009), and a final unfinished techno-thriller to be released sometime in the fall of 2010.
- Also Known As:
- Jeffery Hudson
- Michael Douglas
- John Lange
- Birth Date:
- October 23, 1942
- Birthplace:
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Death Date:
- November 04, 2008
- Place of Death:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- author, film producer, film director, screenwriter, television producer
- Website:
- http://www.crichton-official.com
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