Michael Crichton

Last night I finished reading Michael Crichton’s The Terminal Man. This was his third book written in 1972. It concerns a man with a damaged brain. Surgeons implant electrodes and a small computer into him in an attempt to control his rage. Things go wrong. It is amazing how accurate the predictions for the future of computers that Crichton made in the book have proved to be.

Some lists of Crichton’s books show The Terminal Man as his second book. I am counting A Case of Need as his first book. He wrote it under the pen name of Jeffery Hudson. I have purchased all of Crichton’s books and will start reading The Great Train Robbery next.

This is a list of his works of fiction:

A CASE OF NEED, 1969
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, Knopf, 1969
THE TERMINAL MAN, Knopf, 1972
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, Knopf, 1975
EATERS OF THE DEAD, Knopf, 1976
CONGO, Knopf, 1980
SPHERE, Knopf, 1987
JURASSIC PARK, Knopf, 1990
RISING SUN, Knopf, 1992
DISCLOSURE, Knopf, 1994
THE LOST WORLD, Knopf, 1995
AIRFRAME, Knopf, 1996
TIMELINE, Knopf, 1999
PREY, Harper Collins, 2002
STATE OF FEAR, Harper Collins, 2004

His website is at this link: The Official Site of Michael Crichton.