2 posthumous Michael Crichton releases planned

Two new Michael Crichton novels, one of them unfinished, have been scheduled for release.

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Author Michael Crichton dies at 66

Prolific novelist and "ER" creator Michael Crichton has unexpectedly died in Los Angeles after a private battle with cancer. He was 66.

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Global Warming Fraud: The WORLD Cools, as the U.S. Freezes--Proving Both Michael Crichton and Me Right

"What Happened to Global Warming?" That is the headline of the BBC story referenced below, and in the earlier version of this article (left unchanged following the BBC quote below). The story is now featured/linked at the very top of Drudge (drudgereport.com).

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Global Warming Fraud: The USA Continues to COOL, Proving Michael Crichton Right

There were at least two weather stories featured on Drudge yesterday that again prove what the late Michael Crichton (creator of ER and author of best sellers of scientific speculation) said (with supporting charts and a bibliography) in "State of Fear": There has been NO warmin …

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Science fiction's best authors chart a vast and unpredictable cosmos - but they're not above making a little wager here and there on earthly matters. Here are SF authors' weirdest (and most productive) bets.

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Jack Horner wants to raise the dead by growing a dinosaur from a chicken embryo. The publisher calls his idea "astonishing new science that trumps science fiction".

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17 pictures, from each of Crichton's major movies. Click on pic to advance.

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"State of Fear," in 2004, was a thriller about unlikely allies (including an environmental lawyer and a researcher turned undercover agent) who find an ecoterrorism group staging natural disasters to exaggerate the effects of global warming. But it was also a platform for Mr.

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Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show "ER" and wrote the best-sellers "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain," "Sphere" and "Rising Sun," has died in Los Angeles, his public relations firm said in a news release.

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Best-selling author Michael Crichton has died in Los Angeles aged 66 after a "courageous and private battle against cancer", his family has said. He penned Jurassic Park, as well as books like Congo and Disclosure, all of which were adapted into films.

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The best-selling author Michael Crichton - the man who wrote the novel Jurassic Park - has died.

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For the last several decades the king of bestselling science fiction, not called science fiction of course, has been Michael Crichton. He knows how to write a page turner. His characters, while not very deep, are sympathetic.

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In 1993, novelist Michael Crichton riled the news business with a Wired magazine essay titled "Mediasaurus," in which he prophesied the death of the mass media—specifically the New York Times and the commercial networks. "Vanished, without a trace," he wrote.

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The Andromeda Strain - A story hijacked. (Spoilers abound)

I'll admit right off the bat, I'm not through with the first part of the story just yet. I've read the book and seen the first movie, which I think was much more true to the book. I'm over an hour and a half into the mini-series, and to be honest I'm just about to turn it off.

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"Back in the sixties, when I was appearing daily on NBC's 'Today' show, I was living on Seventh Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street ...

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The point has been made in recent years that President George W. Bush is a Nazi/fascist. This is the typical rhetoric of children who know nothing of politics but feel that calling someone a fascist will help them look sophisticated.

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Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Daniel Dae Kim and Andre Braugher lead miniseries cast. A&E has announced the star-studded cast for its upcoming miniseries presentation of "The Andromeda Strain."

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This is a lecture given by Michael Crichton in 2003. It's long but definitely worth the read. Sorry if this has been seeded or discussed before.

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We asked a handful of writers what books they've enjoyed most over the last few months, and why. Their choices — from best sellers to poetry collections to a philosophy of science — are idiosyncratic and instructive.

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As Michael Crichton advises the president on global warming, it's a good time to review his technophobic Hollywood legacy, from Coma to Westworld.The movies are filled with high-concept ideas, purple dialogue, supremely creepy moments and nifty gadgetry.

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A Layman's Book Report on Michael Crichton's, "NEXT"

Okay, so I'm not in school anymore. But that shouldn't stop me from doing a book report, should it? So, using a generic book report writing template, here is my book report:

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"The battle between anti-global warming activists and their critics is frequently uncivil. Name calling, put downs, you name it, they fling them. But this marks a new threshold, I think.

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Global Warming: Don't Blame The Aliens Mr. Crichton

I was recently asked by a fellow Newsvine user what my opinion was on a 2003 speech given by author Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, State of Fear) at Cal. Tech.

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I just recently came across this and was quite impressed with the lecture. I couldn't tell you either way if global warming is caused by humans or if it is just fiction but Crichton really presents an interesting argument to consider.

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What we must be watchful for are situations were the funding of science demands a rate of return on research investment that increases intolerably the temptation to gamble. This is related(http://www.crichton-official.com/fear/fear_quote01.html)

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The Earth revolves around the Sun. The speed of light is a constant. Apples fall to earth because of gravity. Elevated blood sugar is linked to diabetes. Elevated uric acid is linked to gout. Elevated homocysteine is linked to heart disease. Elevated homocysteine is linke …

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