ER. The Oral History, by Lynette Rice

With numerous references and anecdotes about Michael Crichton, this is a must-read for ER fans!
More info at https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250399588/er/ .

I hereby would like to honor Leland Orser, who played Dr Lucien Dubenko from seasons 11 to 15, but surprisingly was not included nor mentioned in this book. I think he played a sufficiently important role to deserve to be included.

Jamie Steidle's Substack on Michael Crichton

As of May 2026 author Jamie Steidle is reviewig several of Crichton's books with very interesting comments and insights: https://www.jamiesteidle.com/t/michael-crichton

Jurassic World and Michael Crichton in STARBURST

With the release of Jurassic World (2015) dinosaurs and Isla Nublar came back into the spotlight. However, Starburst magazine went further and remembered that it all began in Michael Crichton's mind.

The June 2015 issue included various articles about dinosaurs on screen, including a review of the original trilogy and the new film, and a full article about Michael Crichton and his work. But it also included an article about Westworld and its upcoming reboot for TV.

In summary, a necessary addition to anyone's collection on Michael Crichton!

1973 issue of Anerican Cinematographer on "Behind the Scenes" for Westworld:

It also featured this interview with Michael Crichton: https://theasc.com/articles/behind-the-scenes-on-westworld

Opinion: Two decades ago climate communication missed a huge opportunity. We can’t afford to let that happen again

Aricle by Randy Olson in ENSIA.com:

https://ensia.com/voices/climate-communication-michael-crichton-darth-vader/

Reflections of a New Designer: Michael Crichton

Compute! Vol. 7 No 2 - February 1985:

ACADEMIC ARTICLES

Articles on Westworld

https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jspc_00030_1

https://jsfphil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/021-westworld-final.pdf

The state of Healthcare 50 years after Michael Crichton's cautionary reflections in "Five Patients"

https://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021_Winter_Barrett.pdf

About the importance of the format in science communication, beyond the use of scientific terminology

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w6NjJkoGuaYAlKzVIF437eBgMM1DJbCK/view?usp=sharing

Proposal of a new genre based on Michael Crichton's fictionalization in popular science communication

http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/22404/ssoar-2006-2-brier-ficta_remixing_generalized_symbolic_media.pdf?sequence=1

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.

http://journal.finfar.org/articles/beyond-the-techno-thriller-michael-crichton-and-societal-issues-in-science-and-technology/

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.

Michael Crichton: A Biography by [T., Steven]

Available from most eBook sellers.

Michael Crichton: A Critical Companion

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

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

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

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

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

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"