Michael Crichton

By Marla Warren On the first day of Christmas Michael Crichton gave to me A T-Rex who tried to eat me On the second day of Christmas Michael Crichton gave to me Two Lost Worlds And a T-Rex who tried to eat me On the third day of Christmas Michael Crichton gave to me Three Rising Suns Two Lost Worlds And a T-Rex who tried to eat me On the fourth day of Christmas Michael Crichton gave to me Four Timelines Three Rising Suns Two Lost Worlds And a T-Rex who tried to eat me On the fifth day of... Read Full Story

USA Today published a good review of Pirate Latitudes , calling it a “lusty, rollicking 17th-century adventure that should make for an even better movie.” The newspaper also included a short sidebar article “One More Novel to be Finished” on the same page. Excerpt: Crichton's publisher, HarperCollins' Jonathan Burnham, and his longtime agent, Lynn Nesbit, both say they didn't know about [Pirate Latitudes] but weren't surprised. "Michael was fascinated with pirates," Nesbit says. The article... Read Full Story

On Wednesday, literary agent Nathan Bransford posted You Tell Me: What Are You Thankful For? on his blog. Bransford asked: What are you thankful for in the publishing/writing world? So I’ve decided it’s time to thank the subject of this blog for a few things. Thank you, Michael Crichton, for all you’ve given me and all your readers. Thank you for the intellectual stimulation I’ve gotten from your books over the years. Thank you for challenging and expanding my thinking and that of others... Read Full Story

I just finished Pirate Latitudes , within 36 hours of starting it. I’m not going to give away any details, as I don’t want to spoil it for anyone. Pirate Latitudes is an exciting and enjoyable tale. Michael Crichton clearly did his homework (not that I would have expected anything less). The novel is wonderfully descriptive, both in terms of setting and in relating different processes. The history fits very well with what I know myself of the Caribbean in the 1600s. A small caveat for... Read Full Story

I purchased my copy of Pirate Latitudes as soon as my bookstore opened. Just finished p. 95 and am enjoying myself thoroughly. I won’t say much more until later—wouldn’t dream of spoiling for anyone. In the New York Times story announcing the publication of Pirate Latitudes, the publisher, Jonathan Burnham noted, “...'Pirate Latitudes' also harks back to the kind of historical yarn that Mr. Crichton wrote in the 'The Great Train Robbery', first published in 1975.” Crichton’s newest novel has... Read Full Story

Pirate Latitudes is coming out tomorrow and I will be first in line at my bookstore for my copy. I’m very excited about reading the novel, but I also find myself feeling sad. For several years now, when Michael Crichton published a new book, we could look forward to his television appearances to promote it. The day Crichton’s last novel Next was released in 2006, he appeared on Good Morning America , and later on appeared on Book TV and Charlie Rose . This time he won’t be there to tell... Read Full Story

As far as the Indian entertainment business goes, it doesn’t get bigger than this one.!! Reliance ADAG will get cult Hollywood director Michael , of the super hit "Transformers" franchise that grossed over US $700 million worldwide, to direct a film for them. This will be followed by two more films in which Steven Spielberg will be actively involved and the legendary director will even wield the megaphone for one. Earlier this year, Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE) and Steven Spielberg’s... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's a 7-year-old boy's dream team -- Steven Spielberg, Michael Crichton and David Koepp moving on from rampaging dinosaurs to marauding pirates. DreamWorks Studios has acquired the film rights to the action-adventure novel "Pirate Latitudes," which Crichton wrote just before his death in November. Spielberg, who directed Koepp's adaptations of Crichton's "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World," will produce the film and possibly direct. Koepp has signed on to... Read Full Story

When the publication of Pirate Latitudes was announced in an April New York Times story , Jonathan Burnham, the publisher said of the novel: “It’s eminently and deeply and thoroughly researched….It’s packed through with great detail about navigation and how pirates operated, and links between the New World and the Caribbean and Spain.” Pirate Latitudes was discovered on Michael Crichton’s computer by his assistant after he died, and Burnham speculated that it was written at the same time... Read Full Story

For US and Canadian Michael Crichton fans, here’s a chance to win a copy of Pirate Latitudes ! A wonderful blog, The Tome Traveller’s Weblog , is giving away two copies of Crichton’s newest novel: Pirate Latitudes Giveaway The deadline is midnight Eastern Standard Time on November 20. Good Luck! Seven days until the US release of Pirate Latitudes . Links and more info on Michael Crichton at: http://kahlessa.proboards80.com Read Full Story