Monday, May 23, 2011

New novel Crichton, "Micro," coming in the fall

NEW YORK - a new, posthumously of poorly oriented science is coming in November from the late Michael Crichton, with the help of Richard Preston.

Crichton, author of such blockbusters as "jurassic park" and "The Andromeda Strain" died in 2008 and had written a third of the "Micro", a thriller about a society of biotechnology in Hawaii and the the graduate students who end up stranded, and in the process of disappearance in a tropical forest. Preston, known for his nonfiction work most sold the virus Ebola, "The Hot Zone", used contour materials reference and notes at the end of the book, Crichton.

Publisher HarperCollins announced Sunday that "Micro" would be "a thriller concept in the vein of"jurassic park."" "In a press release published by HarperCollins, said Preston that he was immediately captivated by the manuscript of Crichton.

"Michael was written at the top of his game, with a great sense of adventure, in a strange world that seems almost beyond imagining," said Preston. "For me, it was an irresistible challenge at the end of the novel, and I have been driven by a desire to honor the work and imagination of one of the most visionary and creative of our time."

"Michael was soothing by his concept for this novel," Crichton agent, Lynn Nesbit, said in a statement. "He felt that he was breaking new ground by introducing its readers a fascinating, almost unimaginable landscape with the scientific basis real."

Crichton is one of the many authors whose publishing output has continued after his death. "The Pale King of David Foster Wallace," assembled novel by the author left after his suicide notes in 2008, was released last month. "The wheel of time" fantasy series by Robert Jordan, who died in 2007, is performed by Brandon Sanderson. "Pirate Latitudes of Crichton," a novel he had completed before his death, was released in 2009.

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