Michael Crichton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
His novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and several have been adapted into movies. His literary works are often on the basis of the action genre and greatly feature technology. His novels epitomize the techno thriller genre of literature, frequently researching technology and failures of human interaction with it, particularly resulting in disasters with biotechnology. A lot of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, revealing his medical training and science qualifications. He was the writer of, amongst others, “The Andromeda Strain”, “Jurassic Park”, “Congo”, “Journeys”, “Sphere”, “Rising Sun”, “Disclosure”, “The Lost World”, “Airframe”, “Timeline”, “Prey”, “State of Fear”, “Next” (the closing novel released before his passing), “Pirate Latitudes” (published November 24, 2009), along with a closing incomplete techno thriller, “Micro”, that was printed in November 2011.
In 2002, Crichton released Prey, a cautionary tale about developments in science and technology; especially nanotechnology. The novel investigates comparatively recent phenomena engendered by the task of the scientific community, including artificial life, development (and by extension, sophistication), genetic algorithms, and agent-based computing. Reiterating elements in a lot of his other novels, Crichton once again formulates fictional businesses, this time Xymos, a nanorobotics business that is promised to be to the brink of perfecting a revolutionary new medical imaging technology predicated on nanotechnology as well as a competing firm, MediaTronics. In 2004, Crichton released State of Fear, a novel concerning eco-terrorists who try mass murder to support their viewpoints. Global warming functions as a central topic to the novel, although a review in Nature discovered it “likely to mislead the unwary”. The last novel released while he was still living was Next, printed in 2006. The novel follows many characters, including transgenic animals, in the search to live in a world controlled by genetic research, corporate greed, and legal interventions, wherein authorities and private investors spend billions of dollars each year on genetic research. Also, an incomplete novel, titled Micro, was released on November 22, 2011. The novel continues to be co-composed by Richard Preston.
October 23, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died
November 4, 2008, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Chicago
Height
6 ft 8 in (2.057 m)
Profession
Author, Film Producer, Film director, Screenwriter, Television producer
Education
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Harvard College, Roslyn High School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Sherri Alexander (m. 2005–2008)
Children
Taylor Anne Crichton , John Michael Todd Crichton
Parents
Zula Miller Crichton, John Henderson Crichton
Siblings
Douglas Crichton, Catherine Crichton, Kimberly Crichton
Nicknames
AudioBook - Michael Crichton , John Lange , Jeffery Hudson , M Crichton , Michael Chrichton , John Michael Crichton , J. Michael Crichton , Crichton, Michael , Michael Douglas
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Edgar Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original, PGA Televisio...
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Nebula Award for Best Script, Prometheus Award for Best Novel
Movies
, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, more
TV Shows
ER, Beyond Westworld
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Trademark
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Known for doing exhaustive research
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Often expresses complex scientific terminology and theories in more layman's terms
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Towering height and slender frame
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Tells the story through multiple characters' viewpoints
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.
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The American media produce a product of very poor quality. Its information is not reliable, it has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy, but it's basically junk.
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The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.
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I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless.
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Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.
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We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.
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The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.'
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Human beings never think for themselves; they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view.
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They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.
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Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
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I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.
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Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.
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I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.
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We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.
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In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.
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I went to a museum and they had this sideshow. There was a little boy who couldn't have been more than six. His feet didn't even touch the ground. Each time they showed a dinosaur he would shout, "Tyrannosaurus!" "Stegosaurus!". He did that for an hour and I thought, "What is it about dinosaurs that's so fascinating?" That's when I decided to write "Jurassic Park".
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[First line of his autobiography] It's not easy to cut through a human head with a hacksaw."
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Fact
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Of all the film adaptations made from his novels, he said that the best was Jurassic Park (1993) and the worst was The Terminal Man (1974).
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After the success of Jurassic Park (1993), Rising Sun (1993), Disclosure (1994) and Congo (1995) (all adaptations of Crichton's novels), he was paid a substantial amount for the movie rights of his future bestseller Airframe before it was even published. Sigourney Weaver, Gwyneth Paltrow and Demi Moore were reportedly linked to the project. However, the movie adaptation was permanently shelved when Crichton could not agree on a screenplay that he liked, after which he returned the money.
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He wrote a screenplay about a genetically engineered dinosaur in 1983 but it was never produced.
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Son, John Michael Todd Crichton, was born February 12, 2009, three months after his death.
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Became a vocal skeptic of environmentalism and global warming later in his career.
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Original Job: Anthropology professor.
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His first child and daughter, Taylor Anne, was born in 1989.
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Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, volume 127, pages 65-72. Farmington Hills, MI: The Gale Group, 1994.
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Frequently hired Jerry Goldsmith to compose the scores for his films.
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After failing to get producers interested in ER (1994) in 1970, the script sat in a metal safe for twenty years until Steven Spielberg heard about it.
When writing a script or book, he always eats the same thing for lunch to aid his concentration. When writing Jurassic Park (1993), for example, he ate egg salad sandwiches with lots of pepper.
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He has related the story of his first visit to a movie studio, Universal, which was about to produce The Andromeda Strain (1971). A young novice director named Steven Spielberg was assigned the task of giving him a tour of the studio. It was almost 20 years later that he was contacted by Spielberg for a potential project that was dropped in favor of another of his stories, Jurassic Park (1993).
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ER (1994) began its life in the early 1970s as E.W.: Emergency Ward, which was what they were called at the time, and was a full-length film script. He was unable to get it produced. Steven Spielberg contacted him about it in 1989, expressing interest in turning it into a movie. It was dropped when Spielberg heard about Jurassic Park (1993). During the film's production, someone else at Amblin Entertainment read it and suggested that it was better suited for a television series.