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NOVELS Michael Crichton is best known for his novels written under his own name (see Early novels for his previous written work under pseudonym). He usually addresses state of the art technology and possible developments into the foreseeable future. The human aspect and possible misuses are ever present in his reflections. His novels have always a strong scientific background, as he spends before completing each of them a large amount of time documenting himself on the topic at hand. The right column lists the movie
adaptations of the novels. |
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 1969 |
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN This novel and the movie earned Michael Crichton his first great success and the consideration as a major sci-fi writer. However, his subsequent works are rather labelled as “technothrillers”, a genre specifically created to accommodate his themes. A remake in the format of a TV mini-series has been made in 2008. It follows the same structure as the original, but adds some very interesting story arcs that justify its length. It seems that the added ingredients leaked during production and inspired the also excellent film The Last Mimzy (Robert Shaye, 2007) |
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 1972 |
THE TERMINAL MAN This is an excellent novel, adapted to an outstanding movie. Crichton’s recurring themes and worries with the human dimension of technology are addressed in them as in no other. Surprisingly, no DVD edition has been released to date. |
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 1975 |
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY |  1979 |
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EATERS OF THE DEAD/ THE 13TH WARRIOR |
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1980 |
CONGO | 
1995 |
1987 |
SPHERE | 
1998 |
 1990 |
JURASSIC PARK The movie made by Steven Spielberg and its three sequels so far have made this novel Michael Crichton’s best known one. |
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 1992 |
RISING SUN |  1993 |
 1993 |
DISCLOSURE |  1994 |
 1995 |
THE LOST WORLD | The movie with the same title is not really an adaptation of this novel, but a sequel to Jurassic Park with little resemblance to this story. It is therefore listed above as such. |
1996 |
AIRFRAME | It is said that Disney acquired the rights for the movie adaptation of this novel, but there is no sign of production starting to date. |
1999 |
This one I read in one go, during a rainy vacation in Denmark, but perhaps also because of its gripping storytelling. |  2003 |
2002 |
PREY | |
 2004 |
STATE OF FEAR Michael
Crichton’s most controversial work, as it drew much attention for its
positioning against the global warming hype we are suffering nowadays. |
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2006 |
NEXT | |
 2009 |
After Michael Crichton's death in november 2008, his editor found the manuscript of this novel among his files, and decided to publish it posthumously. There was certain debate among experts and fans as to when he wrote it and whether it should have been published at all if Crichton himself had kept it unpublished since he wrote it. Do read it and judge for yourself! |
Harper-Collins UK released this almost
cinematographical trailer to the novel and also its making of
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