![]() ![]() NEARY: In Crichton's fictional world, science and technology have a way of going awry. We would all be standing around a patient with our instructor, and everybody would be making notes about the patient and I would be making notes about the doctors. ![]() MICHAEL CRICHTON (Science Fiction Writer): Instead of writing thrillers to pay for my train bills, I was actually now going to medical school in order to have something to write about. Then, as he explained in an NPR interview, something started happening.ĭr. While still a medical student, Crichton began writing paperback novels under pseudonyms in order to earn extra money. LYNN NEARY: Michael Crichton was supposed to become a doctor, but somewhere along the line he left science behind in favor of science fiction. He leaves behind books that sold millions of copies and sometimes became blockbuster movies. ![]() Michael Crichton was best known for "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain," and other thrillers about science gone wrong. ![]() Next we'll remember an author who created his own world by bringing to life the anxieties of the world we share. ![]()
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