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The Success of Michael Crichtons Novels in the Media Industry      1 only has to look at the astonishing opening weekend of paramountPictures action adventure thriller Congo which was universally panned bycritics, to be reminded of the agent of the person who created the underlyingmaterial Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton. The films wham $24.6 meg opening, which shocked insiders, underscored the value to Hollywood ofan exclusive club of popular writers (Eller 3).     Michael Chrichtons novels all have their similarities. He seems tofollow a pattern which is work very well for him. He picks a hot-buttonsubject and uses it to lend his novels a glossy veneer of steericality. He castshis novels with some really detestable villains so attentive readers pull up stakesautomatically know who to root for. He ends each(prenominal) chapter on a scary, cliff-hanging note to make sure that readers will keep reading, regardless of thecharacters vapidity. He includes numerous frantic chase scenes or race-against-the-clock scenes that will translate graphically onto the screen. He puts plenty oftechnical, pseudo-specialist parley into his characters mouths to give readersthe illusion that theyre learning something as they quickly flip the pages(Kakutui 3).     Michael Crichton has unimpeachably made a boom in the entertainmentindustry. Whether it is his top grossing movies or his top rated televisionshows like E.R. which took a leading twenty prime-time Emmy nominations stand upyear including best drama (Carter 23).     Crichtons latest movie Congo, which had a smashing opening weekend, wasone of his successes. This movie was based on a discussion that Crichton wrote in theearly 80s, long before he became the entertainment power station that he is now.Chrichtons novels seem to be written for big screen translations (Brom 14).Publishers swan that they cant recall a time since J aws and The Exorcist, twodecades ago, when movies gave such a bring up to the books that inspired them(Romney 5). Michael Chrichton indefinitely tops this long list of authors.     Crichtons novels cover many subjects such as genetic engineering inJurassic Park, intimate harassment in Disclosure, or Japans threat to America in ascending Sun (Denby 12). I think that it is this wide variety of subject themethat keeps his readers coming back for more.     Crichtons biggest success by far was the novel Jurassic Park. Thisbook made a sales record in both the novel and on the screen (Turan 11). Itended up grossing over $913 million total in ticket sales and holds theprivilege of being the top selling live action movie ever on stem video (WallStreet Journal B5). It was such a success that its director, Steven Spielberg,