Bøger af Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park,comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics as its happening now, told as only Michael Crichton can tell it, with lightening fast pacing and thrilling chases.Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the futureits the world right now. Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? And should that worry us? Theres a new genetic cure for drug addictionis it worse than the disease? We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps; a time when its possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars; test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a genetic crime. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes... Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn.

Welcome to our genetic world.Fast, furious, and out of control.This is not the world of the future?it's the world right now.Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blonds becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only four hundred genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction?is it worse than the disease?We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps, a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars and to test our spouses for genetic maladies. We live in a time when one-fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else?and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes....The future is closer than you think.

In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor.In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications.In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea.And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.Thus begins Michael Crichton's exciting and provocative techno-thriller State of Fear. Only Crichton's unique ability to blend scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction could bring such disparate elements to such a heart-stopping conclusion.

The new thriller from Michael Crichton, one of the most famous authors in the world, will be the most exciting, anticipated publication of Christmas 2006. Is your loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? It's 2006: do you know who all your children are? Do you know humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes? And why does an adult human being resemble a chimp foetus? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction -- is it worse than the disease? Ever want to design your own pet? Change the stripes on the fish in your aquarium? Ever think to sell your body fat -- or donate it to charity? Or sell your eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars? Did you know one fifth of all your genes are owned by someone else? Come to think of it, could you and your family be pursued cross country just because you happen to have certain genes in your body? Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the future -- it's the world right now. Most of the events in this book have already happened. And the rest are just around the corner. Get used to it.

It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end—the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived. . . . 

Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name - and spawned a new genre, the technothriller - the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.

Michael Crichtons Prey is a terrifying page-turner that masterfully combines a heartpounding thriller with cutting-edge technology.Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules is rapidly evolving outside the plant. Massed together, the molecules form an intelligent organism that is anything but benign. More powerful by the hour, it has targeted the eight scientists as prey. They must stop the swarm before it is too lateIn Prey, Michael Crichton combines scientific brilliance with relentless pacing to create an electrifying, chilling techno-thriller

Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel - a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting. The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. Against this backdrop two paleontologists pillage the Wild West for dinosaur fossils, while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, and abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice. Soon William joins forces with Cope and stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. The struggle to protect this extraordinary treasure, however, will test William's newfound resilience and pit him against some of the West's most dangerous and notorious characters...

An instant classic in the vein of Jurassic Park, this boundary-pushing novel has all the hallmarks of Michael Crichton's greatest adventures with its combination of pulse-pounding thrills, cutting-edge technology, and extraordinary researchThree men are found dead in a locked second-floor office in Honolulu. There is no sign of struggle, though their bodies are covered in ultra-fine, razor-sharp cuts. With no evidence, the police dismiss it as a bizarre suicide pact. But the murder weapon is still in the room, almost invisible to the human eye.In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up company. Nanigen MicroTechnologies sends them to a mysterious laboratory in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open up a whole new scientific frontier.But this opportunity of a lifetime will teach them the true cost of existing at the cutting-edge...The group becomes prey to a technology of radical, unimaginable power and is thrust out into the teeming rainforest. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, the young scientists face a hostile wilderness that threatens danger at every turn.To survive, they must harness the awe-inspiring creative - and destructive - forces of nature itself.

The new thriller from Michael Crichton, one of the most famous authors in the world, will be the most exciting, anticipated publication of Christmas 2009.Jamaica, in 1665 a lone outpost of British power amid Spanish waters in the sunbaked Caribbean. Its capital, Port Royal, a cuthroat town of taverns, grog shops and bawdy houses the last place imaginable from which to launch an unthinkable attack on a nearby Spanish stronghold. Yet that is exactly what renowned privateer Captain Charles Hunter plans to do, with the connivance of Charles II's ruling governor, Sir James Almont.The target is Matanceros, guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, and considered impregnable with its gun emplacements and sheer cliffs. Hunter's crew of buccaneers must battle not only the Spanish fleet but other deadly perils raging hurricanes, cannibal tribes, even sea monsters. But if his ragtag crew succeeds, they will make not only history a but a fortune in gold.

The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere blends fact and fiction to create a near-future where genetic engineering opens up a whole new world of terrifying, page-turning possibilities... Bonus feature: Includes a special Q&A session between Michael Crichton and Jonathan Burnham, publisher of HarperCollins.Is your loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? It's 2006: do you know who all your children are? Do you know humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes? And why does an adult human being resemble a chimp foetus? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction - is it worse than the disease? Ever want to design your own pet? Change the stripes on the fish in your aquarium? Ever think to sell your body fat - or donate it to charity? Or sell your eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars? Did you know one fifth of all your genes are owned by someone else? Come to think of it, could you and your family be pursued cross country just because you happen to have certain genes in your body?Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the future - it's the world right now. Most of the events in this book have already happened. And the rest are just around the corner.Get used to it.

The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere takes on global warming in this gripping and critically acclaimed thriller.In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor.In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications.In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters of New Guinea.And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.

ER has become the most succesful television series in the world since CHARLIE'S ANGELS. Michael Crichton created the series from his own experiences as a medical doctor in the emergency rooms, operating rooms and wards of Massachusetts General Hospital.

Further lives are at stake and it seems everyone is against her - even her own colleagues - and everyone has something to hide.Airframe is a fast-paced, adrenaline-fuelled thriller from the master of high-concept storytelling.

Only one doctor is willing to push his way through the mysterious maze of hidden medical data and shocking secrets to learn the truth. This explosive medical thriller is vintage Michael Crichton - with the breathtaking blend of riveting suspense and authentic medical detail that has made him one of today's most fascinating writers.

In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease.

Harry Benson is a man troubled by violent seizures and blackouts, with grave doubts about what occurs during those lost hours.

On the 45th floor of the Matsumoto Tower in LA, the headquarters of the Japanese Electronics Corporation, celebrities from the film and music world mix with the captains of industry and politics. On the 46th floor, the dead body of a young woman is discovered. By the author of "Jurassic Park".

Spændingsroman om et amerikansk flyselskab, flysikkerhed i USA og mediernes behandling af ulykkestilfælde.OM FORFATTERENMichael Crichton er bl.a. manden bag Jurassic Park og Truslen fra det ukendte. Hans bøger har solgt over 100 millioner eksemplarer på verdensplan og er elsket af mange. Hans bøger beskæftiger sig med alt fra global opvarming og medicinsk teknologi til kaosteori og terrorister.

En stor amerikansk elektronikvirksomhed ansætter en kvindelig divisionschef, som viser sig at foretage en række tvivlsomme dispositioner og bruger sexchikane som et af sine arbejdsredskaber.OM FORFATTERENMichael Crichton er bl.a. manden bag Jurassic Park og Truslen fra det ukendte. Hans bøger har solgt over 100 millioner eksemplarer på verdensplan og er elsket af mange. Hans bøger beskæftiger sig med alt fra global opvarming og medicinsk teknologi til kaosteori og terrorister.

En gruppe forskere opdager ruinerne af en borg, der blandt meget andet gemmer et kammer, der ikke har æret åbnet i 600 år. Rummet leder to studerende på sporet af en tidsmaskine og de finder ud af, at chefforskeren er fanget i fortiden. Straks tager de to tilbage i tiden for at frelse deres boss og sætte tingene på plads. OM FORFATTERENMichael Crichton er bl.a. manden bag Jurassic Park og Truslen fra det ukendte. Hans bøger har solgt over 100 millioner eksemplarer på verdensplan og er elsket af mange. Hans bøger beskæftiger sig med alt fra global opvarming og medicinsk teknologi til kaosteori og terrorister.Denne lydbog er konverteret fra bånd.

Michael Crichton har denne gang skrevet den rene DYNAMIT af en thriller der med sikkerhed vil vække furore i hele den vestlige verden.Multimillionæren George Morton aner ugler i mosen! Det går den gale vej med verdensklimaet, men hvor bliver alle de penge af som han, som den bekymrede sjæl han er, hele tiden donerer til National Enviromental Research Fund (NERF). Til sidst bliver han så urolig at han må bede sin betroede sagfører Peter Evans om at holde et vågent øje med NERF.Også Nick Drake fra NERF er bekymret, for pengene strømmer ikke ind i samme linde strøm som tidligere. Det er som om folk med alle de modstridende meldinger de i tidens løb har fået, er blevet immune over for dommedagstrusler. Eller ligefrem er begyndt at betvivle fakta.Der er brug for NYTÆNKNING, NYE STRATEGIER! På en eller anden måde må man ruske op i folk så de igen begynder at tage truslen mod Jorden alvorligt. En miljøkatastrofe kunne for eksempel komme vældig godt tilpas op til den store miljøkonference der snart skal afholdes."Michael Crichton har denne gang skrevet den rene DYNAMIT af en thriller der med sikkerhed vil vække furore i hele den vestlige verden!En spændende fortælling, hvor Crichton på vanlig vis blander videnskab og action, så man hele vejen igennem fascineret følger med, og de facts som bliver dynget op undervejs kan nok give stof til eftertanke. Lomholt ville nok godte sig, her bliver de godkendte meninger udfordret, og det ret overbevisende. Spændende, velskrevet og hele vejen underholdende spænding, som forholder sig til miljødebatten." - Karsten Just, lektør.