Michael Crichton
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Michael Crichton
For almost three decades, Michael Crichton has written novels that appeal to his
reader`s imagination and take a firm hold of their pocketbooks. Crichton`s
writing stands out as much as his 6=9 frame. He has become one of the most
widely read and bought science fiction authors of the past three decades. From
his first novel The Andromeda Strain, which he published while in medical
school, to his most recent Airframe, Crichton has captivated his readers and
left them craving more. What makes Crichton`s novels unique are their topics.
Criction`s fiction novels have topics that range from little known historical
events to indistinct scientific topics, such as cloning and primate
communication. Crichton`s novels intertwine factual information with his own
fictional ideas to produce stories that sell. Crichton`s research is very
accurate and detailed. This fact can be traced to Crichton`s extensive
education, both formal and informal. Born John Michael Crichton in Chicago,
Illinois, he was raised in Roslyn, New York. Crichton graduated from Harvard
University, were studied to become an English major, but converted to studies in
anthropology. After graduating summa cum laude, Crichton taught anthropology for
one year at Cambridge University in England. After his tenure at Cambridge,
Crichton attended Harvard Medical School, where he earned his doctorate.
Crichton also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Salk Institute in
California. (Jaynes 1) Crichton`s writing experienced a dry spell in the early
eighties, when he said, A Writing was very difficult for me. Instead of writing
Crichton traveled the world. Being an anthropologist, Crichton explored
civilizations that are hard to reach. He traveled from Malaysia to Pakistan. He
also made a trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, and spent time in the South Pacific. (Jaynes
2) Crichton has had many experiences and gained enormous amounts of knowledge,
which he employs in his novels, and uses to create stories that climb the best
seller list quickly. Crichton also experimented with psychic phenomenon and
became a professed spiritual pilgrim. Crichton admits to participating in
practices such as acupuncture and Aaura-fluffing. (Jaynes 2) Crichton himself
says, A Sometimes I thought, You`ve been in California too long, and you`ve gone
from a perfectly O.K. doctor to a guy who lies on a couch while someone puts
crystals on him and you actually think it means something, but it`s nothing but
a lot of hippie-...
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