Michael CrichtonJon Chase photo/Harvard News Office [CC BY-SA 3.0] via WikimediaOne of my favorite writers is Michael Crichton. He is also one of the most famous and prolific science fiction authors of our time. His books have impacted my life in many ways.
He leads a very interesting life. He was born in Chicago in 1942. After receiving his doctorate degree, he realized that he didn't really like being a doctor. So, he turned to writing. He used his vast knowledge of science acquired in medical school to incorporate realism in his books. One of the best aspects of his writing is the amount of scientific information he can cram into his books and still make them very entertaining. I learn something new every time I read one of his books. This also makes it very realistic. Instead of just saying that they found a way to grow baby dinosaurs, he explains how they did it. This is one of the reasons that almost all of his books are bestsellers.
He has had a very successful career as a writer. Almost every book he has written has been made in to a movie. These include titles such as: Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Congo, Sphere and Disclosure. These are high-grossing multiple releases. Crichton also came up with the idea for the hit show ER. And you thought writers had boring lives. So, you can learn a lot from Michael Crichton. He is not only a writer, but a teacher, a scientist, and an entertainer. He is definitely one of the greatest writers of our time.
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When Michael Crichton was interviewed by MY HERO he told us about George Schaller, his hero. "George Schaller, a man who's usually thought of as the greatest naturalist of the 20th century. George Schaller has been all over the world studying animals. He's written hundreds of magazine articles, and dozens of books, all about animals and why they do the things they do. "
Dinosaur image courtesy of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FILMOGRAPHY NOVELS The Andromeda Strain - 1969 The Terminal Man - 1972 The Great Train Robbery - 1975 Eaters of the Dead - 1976 Congo - 1980 Sphere - 1987 Jurassic Park - 1990 Rising Sun - 1992 Disclosure - 1993 The Lost World - 1995 Airframe - 1996 NON-FICTION Five Patients - 1970 Jasper Johns - 1977 Electronic Life - 1983 Travels - 1988 Jasper Johns (revised edition) - 1996 NOVELS - WRITTEN UNDER PSEUDONYMS As John Lange: Odds On - 1966 Scratch One - 1967 Easy Go - 1968 The Venom Business - 1969 Zero Cool -1969 Grave Descend - 1970 Drug of Choice - 1970 Binary - 1972 As Jeffery Hudson: A Case of Need - 1968, reissued in 1993 As Michael Douglas: Dealing (or the "Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues") - 1971 MOVIES The Andromeda Strain - 1971 Westworld - 1973 - Writer/Director Terminal Man - 1974 Coma - 1977 - Writer/Director The Great Train Robbery - 1978 - Writer/Director Looker - 1981 - Writer/Director Runaway - 1984 - Writer/Director Rising Sun - 1993 - Co-writer Jurassic Park - 1993 - Co-writer Disclosure - 1995 - Co-producer Congo - 1995 Twister - 1996 - Co-writer/Co-producer The Lost World - 1997 Sphere - 1997 - Co-producer Thirteenth Warrior - 1999 - Co-producer Jurassic Park 3 - 2001 TELEVISION ER - 1994-Continuing - Creator, Co-exec. producer OTHER MOVIES The Carey Treatment (from "Case of Need") - 1972 Pursuit (from "Binary") - 1972 - Director Dealing: Or The Berkeley to Boston Forty-Brick Lost Bag Blues - 1972 COMPUTER GAMES Amazon - 1982 |
