Michael Crichton has been called a "megastar" who has made a resounding impression on the literary world. Critics applaud him as a writer who is entertaining to read and who can "elaborate a gripping high concept into a crackerjack tale" (Publishers Week...

Michael Crichton (born 1942) is best known as a novelist of popular fiction whose stories explore the confrontation between traditional social and moral values and the demands of the new technological age. His most successful novel, Jurassic Park (1990),...

Michael Crichton has had a number of successful careers--physician, teacher, film director, screenwriter--but he is perhaps best known for pioneering the "techno-thriller" with novels such as The Andromeda Strain, Sphere, and Jurassic Park. Whether writi...

Exercise good preflight and in-flight judgment to keep your airplane intact Some pilots may believe that an instrument rating and a fair amount of flight time are good insurance against getting into a situation that results in losing aircraft control or exceeding an...

Better than most reporters, Michael Crichton knows how to do a clip job. He has made millions by cooking current affairs into best-selling potboilers like Rising Sun, Disclosure, and his latest, Airframe. For such a good rewrite man, though, it is surprising...

It has swept-back wings, small fins near its nose and a turbofan engine. It knocks down enemy planes with missiles and guns, or bombs targets on the ground. It's called the Jian-10 or J-10 (Jian means fighter in Chinese), and it's China's answer to the...

Peter Huntsman, president and CEO of the chemical company that carries his family's name, said he couldn't leave a big pile of money on the table by ignoring a last-minute buyout bid.That's why Huntsman Corp. terminated a $5.6 billion deal Thursday with Basell AF, paying...