Conversations with Michael Crichton / edited by Robert Golla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Golla, Robert.

Series:

Literary conversations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008--Interviews.

Crichton, Michael.

Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008.

Novelists, American--20th century--Interviews.

Novelists, American.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xv, 228 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2011]

Summary:

Conversations with Michael Crichton brings together decades of interviews and profiles with one of the world's most successful authors. Michael Crichton (1942-2008) had many careers-doctor, novelist, film director, and screenwriter-but was best known to millions of readers as "Father of the Techno-Thriller." His novels have sold more than 150 million copies, have been translated into thirty-six languages, and have been made into thirteen films. He remains the only writer to have had simultaneously the number-one book, the number-one movie, and the number-one television show.

While still a student at Harvard Medical School, Crichton's first novel, The Andromeda Strain, became a bestseller. He left medicine and moved to Los Angeles, intent on pursuing dual careers as a writer and filmmaker. His writings had an unmatched prescience, anticipating public interest about emerging technology and controversial topics. His suspenseful plotting and technical detail were evident in subsequent novels such as Jurassic Park, Congo, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, Timeline, State of Fear, Next, and the posthumously published Pirate Latitudes. He received an Academy Award in 1995 for his pioneering use of computer programs in film production and was the creator and co-executive producer of ER (1994-2009), for which he earned WGA, Emmy, and Peabody awards. Book jacket.

Contents:

Mich'el Crichton (Rhymes with Frighten) / Isr'el Shenker/1969 Shenker/1969, Isr'el 3

Hollywood Gets a New Man / Barbara Rose/1973 Rose/1973, Barbara 7

Ready When You Are, Dr. Crichton / Patrick McGilligan/1979 McGilligan/1979, Patrick 14

Fact, Fiction Intertwined by Crichton / Wayne Warga/1981 Warga/1981, Wayne 22

A Tall Storyteller / Eric Sauter/1984 Sauter/1984, Eric 27

Sphere / Don Swaim/1987 Swaim/1987, Don 35

Rising Sun / Don Swaim/1992 Swaim/1992, Don 43

Rising Sun Author Taps Darkest Fears of America's Psyche / T. Jefferson Parker/1992 Parker/1992, T. Jefferson 53

Jur'ssic P'rk: Mich'el Crichton on Ad'pting His Novel to the Screen / Steve Biodrowski/1993 Biodrowski/1993, Steve 59

The Admirable Crichton / Zoe Heller/1994 Heller/1994, Zoe 62

An Interview with Mich'el Crichton / Charlie Rose/1994 Rose/1994, Charlie 76

An Interview with Mich'el Crichton / Charlie Rose/1995 Rose/1995, Charlie 102

An Interview with Mich'el Crichton / Charlie Rose/1996 Rose/1996, Charlie 119

Pl'yboy Interview: Mich'el Crichton / John Rezek Rezek, John, David Sheff/1999 Sheff/1999, David 142

An Interview with Mich'el Crichton / Charlie Rose/1999 Rose/1999, Charlie 165

The Next Step in the Evolution of Crichton's Fiction / James Cowan/2002 Cowan/2002, James 191

Author Crichton Ponders Fear, Real and Imagined / John Marshall/2002 Marshall/2002, John 195

Interview with Mich'el Crichton / Beth Anderson/2004 Anderson/2004, Beth 199

Reflections on Careers in Entertainment Students & Leaders Program/2005 207.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781617030123

1617030120

9781617030130

1617030139

OCLC:

679919077