Michael Crichton's Views on Climate Change
It is often said that Michael Crichton was a climate denier, and he has been (unfairly) heavily critized for it, especially in the wake of the publication of his novel State of Fear. I think the best way to know what someone thinks about an issue is to listen to their own words. Here is his actual standpoint on the topic, in his own words, in an interview with Charlie Rose:
ACADEMIC ARTICLES
Articles on Westworld
The state of Healthcare 50 years after Michael Crichton's cautionary reflections in "Five Patients"
About the importance of the format in science communication, beyond the use of scientific terminology
Proposal of a new genre based on Michael Crichton's fictionalization in popular science communication
Article in FAFNIR - Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research reclaiming that Michael Crichton is considered more than "just" the (co-)creator of the Technothriller Genre.
BOOKS
A Little e-book with Michael Crichton's Biography
Biographies of Michael Crichton have been published in various of the books about his works (see below). Here's a little e-book with another one.
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Available from most eBook sellers.
Michael Crichton: A Critical Companion
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| Published in 1996 in the Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers series and written by Elizabeth A. Trembley. It includes chapters on Michael Crichton's life and his Literary Heritage, and one for each novel from The Andromeda Strain (1969) to The Lost World (1995). |
The Science of Jurassic Park and The Lost World or, How to Build a Dinosaur
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| The movies Jurassic Park and The lost World harnessed such a success that they soon became Michael Crichton´s best known novels. This book by Rob DeSalle and David Lindley in 1997 analysed the scientific verisimilitude of these works. |
Michael Crichton. A Reader's Checklist And Reference Guide
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| By 1999 there obviously were already avid collectors of Michael Crichton works who would be interested in a checklist to be fully up to date. This little pocket book did the job, including Crichton's novels under the various pseudonyms he used. |
Readings on Michael Crichton
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| This 2004 Literary Companion from the Greenhaven Press covered some novels up to Prey and additional chapters on movies, including a very interesting one specifically on the scientific accuracy in films and one on Jurassic Park. |
People in the News: Michael Crichton
Profiles the life of Michael Crichton, revealing how his childhood interests helped him to become a best-selling author of technothriller books and films, as well as creator of the television series, ER.
The Science of Michael Crichton
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| Once again, the science in Michael Crichton's works attracts attention. In this occasion it is a collection of chapters edited by science in films expert Kevin Grazier in 2008 as part of the Science of Pop Culture series of Benbella Books. |
Conversations with Michael Crichton
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| An invaluable book for any Michael Crichton fan, this volume collects various articles about the author and several magazine interviews as well as transcripts of TV interviews. A great posthumous homage to the great writer, published in 2011 and edited by Robert Golla; perhaps the definitive book to draw a profile of Michael Crichton. |
Randy Olson: Michael Crichton had deep “narrative intuition”
Scientist, filmmaker and author Randy Olson uses Michel Crichton's writings as an example of the strategies he recommends in his latest book "Houston, we have a narrative - Why Science needs story"
Technophobia!
Daniel Dinello's book includes references to various of Crichton's works, such as Westowrld and its sequels, or Prey.
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