2006-06-26 20:35:43 · 23 answers · asked by MissChatea 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Michael Crichton. His actual life and mine parallel. Imagine a brilliant medical student tells his parents he'd rather write sci-fi novels. There goes the med school graduation party....but his first story became the mega hit "The Andromeda Strain" and fully paid back his student loans.
Ok...so my spelling's off tonight.
He went on to create other very thrilling sci-fi works. WestWorld stands out: Crichton concepted the term "computer virus" long before the Internet became a reality.
In effect, he somewhat became Jules Verne, another sci-fi visionary.
Then there's ER: the TV series. Never seen a full episode of it, but seen enough to know he's flexed his medical training and education quite impressively well.
Then....it's Jurassic Park. To this day, the novel spawned off into highly popular Universal theme park attractions. He did well with Timeline (although better production work could've been done).
I hope Michael Crichton comes out with another novella and movie block buster soon.
2006-06-26 20:46:43 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Count of Montecristo by Alexander Dumas.Its about a young French sailor who was unjustly imprisoned for 14 years before he escapes and ultimately takes revenge on his enemies.The author did a great job describing the emotions of the prisoner.Disbelief,denial,self pity,madness,apathy and finally hope.
Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters-vampires,werewolves,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.
2006-06-27 03:34:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have favorites for different genres.
Science fiction = Orson Scott Card
Romance = Julia Quinn
Picture Book = Lauren Child
Young Adult = Stephenie Meyer
Classics = Jane Austen
2006-06-27 07:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somerset Maugham, Paulo Coelho, Ayn Rand, Allama Iqbal, Khaled Husseini, Joseph Conrad, Idries Shah, and George Orwell.
And yes, they're ALL my all time favorite :)
2006-06-26 22:27:27 · answer #4 · answered by HomePerson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles Dickens
2006-06-26 20:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Danielle Steele
2006-06-26 21:32:03 · answer #6 · answered by Nyarie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mavis Applewater
2006-06-27 01:26:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sophie Kinsella
2006-06-26 20:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by Clemence 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isaac Asimov
2006-06-26 20:48:27 · answer #9 · answered by frogspeaceflower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stuart Woods and Douglas Adams
2006-06-26 20:39:45 · answer #10 · answered by Southie9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋