tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24403715989361970002024-03-13T02:08:06.539+00:00Early Works Under Pseudonyms 1966-1972 (and a movie hat-trick in 1972)erikshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367789890421662462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440371598936197000.post-4664007633960371732015-06-15T19:03:00.001+01:002021-06-04T22:09:09.643+01:00 Breaking News: These early novels are now available as e-books as "The Med School Years" collection<div style="text-align: justify;">
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erikshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367789890421662462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440371598936197000.post-49452381635526565652013-06-01T23:05:00.001+01:002021-06-04T22:10:18.861+01:00As John Lange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Between 1966 and1972 Michael Crichton published eigtht novels under the pseudonym John Lange.</div>
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<i><b>Easy Go</b></i> (1968) would be republished under the title <i><b>The Last Tomb</b></i> in 1974, and <i><b>Zero Cool </b></i>(1969) was published with new material by Michael Crichton in 2008, shortly before his death.</div>
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<b>Binary</b> (1972) would be made within months of being published into a movie unde the title of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069137/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1"><b><i>Pursuit</i></b></a> (1972).</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Eight John Lange Novels</span></b> have been newly published as paperbacks on October 29, 2013, now with "Michael Crichton writing as...": <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.michaelcrichton.com/writer/</u></span>. Note that the Zero Cool edition is the same as the 2008 John Lange edition, just with the authorĀ“s name ammended.</div>
erikshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367789890421662462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440371598936197000.post-55581786657163793302013-05-28T23:31:00.000+01:002013-11-10T12:58:20.078+00:00As Jeffery HudsonIn 1968 he published the novel <i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Case_of_Need">A Case of Need</a></b></i> as Jeffery Hudson. It would be made into the Movie <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068337/">The Carey Treatment</a> </b>(1972) and re-published under his own name in 1993.<br />
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It also became a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068455/">film under the same title</a> in ... yes, you guessed it: 1972.<br />
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