Scientist: CO2 not causing global warming... Nov 13, 2009
" This isn't about clean energy. It's about the destruction of the United States of America. Frankly Unctuous on November 12, 2009 at 08:23 PM I would just like to point out that the real problem here is with people. Now wait. The problem is not that we drive SUVs, nor that we burn coal for electricity, nor that we consume more energy than a fat kid eats twinkies at a Hostess Factory sleep over. The root of all of this, is that people see change happening. They look for reasons why, and of... (The Drudge Report)
Jackson third on dead rich list Oct 30, 2009
Michael Crichton - $9m (5m) Source: Forbes magazine. The bulk of Jackson's earnings came from selling the rights to This Is It, a film based on rehearsal footage for what would have been his comeback concerts in London. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Top-Earning Dead Celebs May Surprise You Oct 29, 2009
Charles Schulz, John Lennon, Theodor Geisel, Albert Einstein and Michael Crichton round out the top 10 list. MMIX The Associated Press. (CBS News)
The truth about banks and dogs Oct 24, 2009
In the Michael Crichton novel Jurassic Park, a bunch of crazy scientists try to re-create dinosaurs for the purposes of populating a theme park, with all the predictably nasty consequences one would expect from an airplane novel. It represents mankind's ongoing fascination with playing around with nature for purposes non-critical to our own survival - there is a distinction between scientific efforts to alter the gene pool of grain crops to create higher yields versus more random associations... (Asia Times Online)
Target jumps into hardcover price war Oct 20, 2009
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton, and. Under the Dome by Stephen King. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Wild Things proves no book is unfilmable Oct 15, 2009
Steven Spielbergs 1993 version of the Michael Crichton novel Jurassic Park became the highest-grossing film of all time to that point, thanks to the combination of Stan Winstons animatronics and the nascent CGI technology that created the movies dinosaurs. But in the realm of the unfilmable, pop cultures true white whale was finally captured in 2001. (MSNBC -- News)
Newest Celtics out and about Sep 23, 2009
Coma, which takes place in Boston, was directed by the late Michael Crichton and stars a young Ed Harris, Tom Selleck, Michael Douglas, and Genevi. ve Bujold. (Boston Globe)
'The Informant' Sep 18, 2009
when he becomes ensnared in a case of industrial sabotage worthy of a Michael Crichton novel. Informant. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Party is music to her ears Sep 17, 2009
Chip Kidd, the graphic design star whose handiwork has graced the covers of books by John Updike, Gish Jen, David Sedaris, and Michael Crichton, among others, was in town the other night to unveil a poster promoting the Boston Book Festival. Joining Kidd at the Boston Public Library was Augusten Burroughs, the Western Mass. (Boston Globe)
Harvey Cox smiles into the future with a new book and a new age, 80 Sep 15, 2009
His talk precedes a screening of Michael Crichton s gripping 1978 film version of the novel. Tickets are $9. (Boston Globe)
Geeks find love at Dragon*Con Sep 9, 2009
The panels debate the science of Michael Crichton books and dissect the "Star Wars" scripts. Parties include a Buffy Prom for fans of the 1990s Joss Whedon television teen drama "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the Miss Klingon Empire Beauty pageant themed after. (CNN)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
Those who are no longer with us are also expected to revive sales: Posthumous books include titles by George Carlin, Michael Crichton, Edward Kennedy, Vladimir Nabokov and Kurt Vonnegut ... by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Spielberg buys Crichton's Pirates Aug 29, 2009
Director Steven Spielberg has acquired the film rights to Michael Crichton's final novel, Pirate Latitudes ... "Michael Crichton was one of our greatest storytellers who expanded all of our imaginations with his books, films, and television," Spielberg said ... "With the ER and Jurassic Park series, I enjoyed one of the best collaborations of my career. Now with Pirate Latitudes, I have the chance to be excited about bringing this new Michael Crichton work to the screen.". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
It's Time for Some Due Diligence on Global Warming Claims Aug 29, 2009
Even the late Michael Crichton (a GW critic) agreed with this sort of approach. Dealing with it as a problem, but not a crisis. (Energy Pulse, CO)
New Fall Books Penned by Prizewinners Aug 28, 2009
An unpublished work by Michael Crichton, an unfinished novel by Vladimir Nabokov and unedited short stories by Raymond Carver are coming. Also, a reissue of Michael Jackson's memoir "Moonwalk" and a deluxe coffee-table edition about the late singer; short fiction by Kurt Vonnegut; authorized sequels to A.A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh" and Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; the posthumous completion of a memoir by George Carlin and of a Robert Jordan novel, "The Gathering Storm,"... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Spielberg to complete Crichton's mission Aug 27, 2009
Steven Spielberg to complete Michael Crichton's mission - USATODAY.com ... Steven Spielberg to complete Michael Crichton's mission ... Spielberg: Longtime collaborator with author Michael Crichton. (USA Today -- Life)
Random House Publisher Profile Aug 1, 2009
Random House is home to world famous, contemporary authors such as John Grisham, Danielle Steel, Michael Crichton, Anne Rice, Dean Koontz and Dr. Seuss and literary legends like James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, William Faulkner and Sinclair Lewis. About Random House. (Suite101.com)
Dems: Military will be 'dragged into conflict if climate change goes unchecked'... Jul 24, 2009
The environmental movement and the creation of what Michael Crichton so clearly described as a "State of Fear" to panic people into sacrificing their liberty and wealth through the global warming scare puts even Y2K to shame as a false event successfully tapped to gain power. There have been more than 600 periods of significant global warming in the last million years - if many caused this one who caused the other 599. (The Drudge Report)
The Moon We Forgot Jul 17, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Michael Crichton once wrote that if you had told a physicist in 1899 that within a hundred years humankind would, among other wonders (nukes, commercial airlines), "travel to the moon, and then lose interest ... the physicist would almost certainly pronounce you mad." In 2000, I quoted these lines expressing Crichton's incredulity at America's abandonment of the moon. It is now 2009 and the moon recedes ever further. (Townhall.com)
Author tackles Facebook in book Jul 16, 2009
"I'm much more into entertainment than literature," he said, citing fiction writers Stephen King, Michael Crichton and John Grisham as his "heroes.". Next step in human evolution'Asked to comment, Facebook spokesman Elliot Schrage said in a statement: "Ben Mezrich clearly aspires to be the Jackie Collins or Danielle Steel of Silicon Valley.". (MSNBC -- News)
Iraq's First Oil Auction Sputters Jul 1, 2009
just read a book by michael crichton, eaters of the dead. You know Baghdad was know as the City of Peace in earlier times. (CBS News -- World)
Popular literature making its way onto summer reading lists west of Boston Jun 28, 2009
The only offbeat choice that year for seniors was Congo, by Michael Crichton, published in 1980. Schools are always debating how many books to assign and how much choice to give students, said Scott Seider, assistant professor of curriculum and teaching at Boston University and a former high school English teacher. (Boston Globe)
Power of Digital Looms Over BookExpo Jun 2, 2009
NEW YORK - Challenged by a new digital landscape and a tough economy, booksellers are touting a promising fall lineup featuring Dan Brown's first novel since The Da Vinci Code and a posthumously published thriller by Michael Crichton. "This is the wealthiest fall for titles I've seen in a long time," Barnes & Noble's Sessalee Hensley said at BookExpo America, the annual three-day trade show that ended Sunday. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Lost in translation: The Spanish-language puzzle Jun 1, 2009
Novels were expected from Patricia Cornwell, E.L. Doctorow and Jane Smiley, with a posthumous work from Michael Crichton. Barnes Inc. fiction buyer Sessalee Hensley had special affection for Audrey Niffenegger's "Her Fearful Symmetry," the follow-up to the million-selling "The Time Traveler's Wife." She also liked Barbara Kingsolver's latest, "The Lacuna," which Hensley read on a recently purchased Sony e-book reader. (Anchorage Daily News)
Power of digital looms over fall BookExpo Jun 1, 2009
By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY NEW YORK Challenged by a new digital landscape and a tough economy, booksellers are touting a promising fall lineup featuring Dan Brown's first novel since The Da Vinci Code and a posthumously published thriller by Michael Crichton. "This is the wealthiest fall for titles I've seen in a long time," Barnes & Noble's Sessalee Hensley said at BookExpo America, the annual three-day trade show that ended Sunday. (USA Today -- Life)
MORE: Get the news straight from the pages of BookExpo Jun 1, 2009
When Michael Crichton, master of the techno-thriller, died in November at age 66, he left behind a completed novel, an unfinished one and a pregnant wife. Crichton's fifth wife, Sherri, gave birth three months ago to John Michael Crichton, who was mentioned but not present at a cocktail party/tribute hosted by Crichton's publisher, HarperCollins, on Thursday night. (USA Today -- Life)
Author Sells Film Rights to DreamWo... May 26, 2009
Someone, I think it was Michael Crichton, once said everybody has a different avenue into the world of entertainment. There are no set rules on how you get there. (Suite101.com)
Rwanda: All the Fuss On Flus May 5, 2009
A Hollywood movie, based on a Michael Crichton novel is exactly what this whole swine flu thing reminds me of. Every book that this great author pens is mostly always about an emergency that sweeps North America-usually a terrible virus that either emerges out of the jungles of Africa (like a mutant strain of Ebola) or out of some evil scientist's laboratory in either the Middle East or the former Soviet Republics. (allAfrica.com)
Movie Development Hell! May 2, 2009
IGN: Movie Development Hell. SECTIONS MOVIES CHANNELS ; GET GAMES. (IGN FilmForce)
Letter: Concern for global warming should not disappear soon Apr 30, 2009
That said, the key point in contemplating climate change is this: "Unless you want to become a meteorologist, you must trust somebody." After I read State of Fear by Michael Crichton (RIP, a great author), I had serious doubts about the climate science and conclusions which I had trusted for years. I decided that I didn't want to evaluate every study and model which is released, so I chose to trust the IPCC and the UN instead of a science fiction author. (Daily Collegian, PA)
2 Posthumous Michael Crichton Releases Planned Apr 7, 2009
NEW YORK -- Two new Michael Crichton novels, one of them unfinished, have been scheduled for release. Publisher HarperCollins announced Monday that "Pirate Latitudes," an adventure story set in Jamaica the 17th century, will come out this fall. (Newsmax)
New Crichton books to be released Apr 7, 2009
Two new novels by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton have been scheduled for posthumous release, his publisher has said. HarperCollins said the author left behind a host of electronic files, from which the two new novels are taken. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'ER' closes its doors Apr 3, 2009
Starting in 1994 on the basis of a script by Michael Crichton, author of 'Jurassic Park', 'ER' immediately set pulses racing with an eye-catching cast that included now famed actor George Clooney playing Doctor Doug Ross. They broke some hearts and warmed others in overlapping story lines capturing the hectic and harrowing life of an ER unit. (iAfrica.com)
Goodbye, 'ER' Apr 2, 2009
Created by the late author Michael Crichton and steered by the creative team at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, the concept didn't immediately tickle the fancy of television honchos. "Every network had passed on it, twice," the show's longtime executive producer, John Wells, told The New York Times. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Suspense novels Apr 1, 2009
What would happen if H.G. Wells, Stephenie Meyer and Michael Crichton co-wrote a suspense novel. What you'll like: The frozen couple's back story. (USA Today)
Best bets: ER treats its final patient this week Mar 30, 2009
March 27: When Author Michael Crichton created "ER," the frantic pacing and use of medical jargon created a new standard for medical dramas. NBC's Mark Barger looks at what made this show unique. (MSNBC -- News)
ER closes doors, leaves satisfying legacy Mar 25, 2009
Steven Spielberg and the late Michael Crichton, who penned the original script in 1974, were coming off the blockbuster film Jurassic Park when they pressed their case for ER. The network begrudgingly put it on the schedule after test audiences gave the pilot an enthusiastic response. Despite that, TV critics overwhelmingly preferred another freshman medical series set in the same city. (MSNBC -- News)
* Its war in the Taiwan Strait Mar 22, 2009
This is not to say that novels should not teach us a few things, as Michael Crichton, despite all his faults as a novelist, did to perfection. In Coopers case, however, the lessons interrupt the narrative rather than improve it, and on many occasions he becomes didactic on topics X the environment, clean energy, water X that though would all make interesting essays, do nothing to complement the narrative. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
BACKSTAGE: Ticket prices reduced for Purple Sage show Mar 19, 2009
The late author Michael Crichton acknowledged Stout's art as a major inspiration for his book "Jurassic Park." Stout's murals at the San Diego Natural History Museum depict the seven epochs of fossil history and are a major part of the museum's Fossil Mysteries exhibition. Stout, who lives in Pasadena, will give a presentation on his murals at noon Saturday, followed by the book signing. (North County Times)
Area's Best Boys Mar 19, 2009
If I could visit any place in the world, it would be: Ireland Three people I would like to have dinner with: My uncle and my grandfathers (they all died before I was born) When I'm not playing sports, I'm: Riding my ATV It would surprise some people that I'm: Not a senior When I get older I want to be: Successful My sports role model: Kurt Warner My everyday role model: My dad I can't go a day without: Comedy/humor Biggest superstition: Murphy's Law What's in your CD player right now or your... (Algona Upper Des Moines, IA)
Clooney cameo boosts ER ratings Mar 15, 2009
The series was created by the late Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton. But - now in its 15th, and final, series - the show barely manages 8 million viewers per episode. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The Plain Truth About Glorious Carbon Dioxide Feb 28, 2009
", the debate is completely eroded. I have no trouble with people being skeptical about AGW. As I've said earlier, it's an important issue to get right, one way or another. (FWIW, I beginning to realize alarmist pronouncements are not necessarily productive even if they are true, as change can only occur at a certain rate anyway. On the other hand, making meek statements may encourage people to do nothing - it's a tough situation.) That being said, it does surprise me that something like Alan's... (Energy Pulse, CO)
How 100 years of flight transformed a nation Feb 24, 2009
But as the late Michael Crichton pointed out, even for the most ardent believers in aviation back in 1909, "the sheer scale of the eventual use (of airplanes) would have defied comprehension. One might have imagined an airplane -- but 10,000 airplanes in the air at the same time would have been beyond imagining.". Flight today is utterly pervasive in all areas of modern society. (Ottawa Citizen)
In global warming we trust Feb 23, 2009
Many in the environmental profession have come to an epiphany like the one the late Michael Crichton had - that contemporary environmentalism, with its authoritative, unchallengeable proclamations and rigid tenets, is analogous to organized religion. This environmental religion is headed by politicians (or former politicians) as the high priests and an established political cathedral (read Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). (Washington Times)
Review: Ghost in the Shell Feb 13, 2009
"The Andromeda Strain" may have put Michael Crichton on the map, but it's still at its heart a novel about the importance of thorough lab testing. I have never seen the film adaptation, but the novel has an almost obsessive emphasis on lab procedure, which isn't surprising considering that Crichton graduated from Harvard Medical School. (The New Hampshire, NH)
