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The Terminal Man»rank:par: Michael Crichton, Geogre Wilson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Harry has a problem. Ever since getting in a car accident, he's suffered from 'thought seizures,' violent fits in which he attacks other people. He used to be an artificial intelligence researcher, which may explain why he targets anyone who either works on machines or who acts like a machine--mechanics, gas-station attendants, prostitutes, exotic dancers. But there's hope: he can become part machine himself, undergoing 'Stage 3,' an experimental procedure implanting 40 electrodes deep in the pleasure centers of his brain. The surgery is successful, and blissful ... |
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Eaters of the Dead»rank:par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Michael Crichton takes the listener on a one-thousand-year-old journey in his adventure novel Eaters 0f The Dead. This remarkable true story originated from actual journal entries of an Arab man who traveled with a group of Vikings throughout northern Europe. ln 922 A.D, lbn Fadlan, a devout Muslim, left his home in Baghdad on a mission to the King of Saqaliba. During his journey, he meets various groups of 'barbarians' who have poor hygiene and gorge themselves on food, alcohol and sex. For Fadlan, his new traveling ... |
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Timeline»rank:par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When you step into a time machine, fax yourself through a 'quantum foam wormhole,' and step out in feudal France circa 1357, be very, very afraid. lf you aren't strapped back in precisely 37 hours after your visit begins, you'll miss the quantum bus back to 1999 and be stranded in a civil war, caught between crafty abbots, mad lords, and peasant bandits all eager to cut your throat. You'll also have to dodge catapults that hurl sizzling pitch over castle battlements. 0n the social front, you ... |
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Airframe»rank: 499241par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Cruising 35,000 feet above the earth, a twin-engine commercial jet encounters an accident that leaves 3 dead, 56 wounded, and the cabin in shambles. What happened? With a multi-billion-dollar company-saving deal on the line, Casey Singleton is sent by her hard-driving boss to uncover the mysterious circumstances that led to the disaster before more people die. But someone doesn't want her to find the truth. Airframe bristles with authentic information, technical jargon, and the command of detail Crichton's readers have come to expect. Check out 's Airframe ... |
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Congo»rank: 499241par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lf you saw the 1995 film adaptation of this Crichton thriller, somebody owes you an apology. While you're waiting for that to happen, try reading the vastly more intelligent novel on which the movie was based. The broad lines of the plot remain the same: A research team deep in the jungle disappears after a mysterious and grisly gorilla attack. A subsequent team, including a sign-language-speaking simian named Amy, follows the original team's tracks only to be subjected to more mysterious and grisly gorilla attacks. lf you ... |
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The Andromeda Strain»rank: 499241par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Some biologists speculate that if we ever make contact with extraterrestrials, those life forms are likely to be--like most life on earth--one-celled or smaller creatures, more comparable to bacteria than little green men. And even though such organisms would not likely be able to harm humans, the possibility exists that first contact might be our last. That's the scientific supposition that Michael Crichton formulates and follows out to its conclusion in his excellent debut novel, The Andromeda Strain. A Nobel-Prize-winning bacteriologist, Jeremy Stone, urges the president to ... |
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Prey»rank: 499241par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln Prey, bestselling author Michael Crichton introduces bad guys that are too small to be seen with the naked eye but no less deadly or intriguing than the runaway dinosaurs that made 1990's Jurassic Park such a blockbuster success. High-tech whistle-blower Jack Forman used to specialize in programming computers to solve problems by mimicking the behavior of efficient wild animals--swarming bees or hunting hyena packs, for example. Now he's unemployed and is finally starting to enjoy his new role as stay-at-home dad. All would be domestic ... |
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Westworld»rank: 499241par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln Prey, bestselling author Michael Crichton introduces bad guys that are too small to be seen with the naked eye but no less deadly or intriguing than the runaway dinosaurs that made 1990's Jurassic Park such a blockbuster success. High-tech whistle-blower Jack Forman used to specialize in programming computers to solve problems by mimicking the behavior of efficient wild animals--swarming bees or hunting hyena packs, for example. Now he's unemployed and is finally starting to enjoy his new role as stay-at-home dad. All would be domestic ... |
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December 08 Value CD Assortment»rank: 499241par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln Prey, bestselling author Michael Crichton introduces bad guys that are too small to be seen with the naked eye but no less deadly or intriguing than the runaway dinosaurs that made 1990's Jurassic Park such a blockbuster success. High-tech whistle-blower Jack Forman used to specialize in programming computers to solve problems by mimicking the behavior of efficient wild animals--swarming bees or hunting hyena packs, for example. Now he's unemployed and is finally starting to enjoy his new role as stay-at-home dad. All would be domestic ... |
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Lost World (Movie Tie-In Edition)»rank: 606032par: Michael Crichton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Written in the wake of Jurassic Park's phenomenal box-office success, The Lost World seems as much a guidebook for Hollywood types hard at work on the franchise's followup as it is a legitimate sci-fi thriller. Which begs the inevitable questions: ls the plot a rehash of the first book? Sure it is, with the action unfolding on yet another secluded island, the mysterious 'Site B.' ls the cast of characters basically the same? Absolutely, from a freshly minted pair of cute, compu-savvy kids right down to the ... |
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