MICHAEL CRICHTON:
SUPERSTAR

		Review by E.C.McMullen Jr.

Medical Doctor, Anthropologist, Best-Selling Author, Director, Producer:
Michael Crichton was a Superstar!

Superstar bestselling author, John Michael Crichton: Physically towering, handsome Scientist, Medical doctor. At the age of 23 - before earning his medical degree - he received the highest honors in a separate science: getting his Bachelor's degree and becoming a visiting lecturer in the field of Anthropology. Throughout his 20s he supported himself by writing bestselling novels -

STOP!

When the hell did he sleep?

Out of nowhere, Michael Crichton - while enduring the rigors of studying two separate fields of science at the same time and excelling at both - Supported himself: bought food, furniture, paid the rent to get through medical school, and his tuition, by ALSO writing Best Selling Novels!

He didn't merely overcome the towering obstacle of getting published and paid for it - He Only Wrote Hits!

Sheesh!

Dad: "Say, how do you plan to pay for school and living expenses, son?"

John Michael: "Oh, I'll just write a few best selling novels."

Gaw-DAMN!

While in his 20s and without connections to the entertainment industry, he would write New York Times bestselling novels, Rewrite them into tight screenplays, Sell those screenplays for another fortune to major movie studios (THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN), Direct his own screenplays, and those movies would usually become hits (THE TERMINAL MAN, WESTWORLD), which aged into classics that defied the years and the rapid cultural change of advancing technology.

By the time he graduated and was able to practice medicine, Crichton thought, 'Maybe I want to be a writer instead?' and switched careers.

And among the "competition" of his fellow Science Fiction and Medical Thriller authors (like Robin Cook) who didn't soar quite as high (because who the hell could)? Michael brought them along for the ride, directing the movies that turned their bestselling novels into box office hits (COMA).

Everybody wanted to play in Michael's sandbox including Steven Spielberg. Steven is renown for bringing a kind of cinema magic to movies that few can match. Throughout his career, however, he can rarely do it twice, and just as rarely tries.

But hey, this movie sequel had the drive of Michael's original novel sequel behind it! So how did it turn out?

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