2 Posthumous Crichton Novels

The NYT reports that HarperCollins will be bringing out two posthumous novels by the late Michael Crichton author of best selling technological thrillers such as The Adromeda Strain and Juraissic Park. Pirate Latitudes was discovered by his assistant in Crichton's computer files and features a pirate named Hunter and the governor of Jamaica and their plan to raid a Spanish treasure galleon. The second novel, a technological thriller was only a third of the way through and the publisher will work with Lynn Nesbit, Crichton's agent, and his estate to select a co-writer to finish the book, working from Crichton's notes. Read more.

Michael Crichton, R.I. P.

Went to The Rap Sheet this morning, only to read more sad news. Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park author and numerous mystery novels, died of cancer. He was 66.

Michael Crichton was a real cross-over writer. Crichton was the author of The Andromeda Strain, the Great Train Robbery, and so many more terrific novels. He created the award-winning TV hospital series ER. and wrote for film. A real Renaissance man. Read "The Admirable Mr. Crichton " by Ali Karim in the Rap Sheet (2006) and this from Hillel Italie in the Huffington Post.