Michael Crichton's works span from science fiction books to books about his own experiences, but not until recently has his work been well known among people other than science fiction readers.

Crichton's medical background and his wonderful imagination have inspired many of his most popular works. Michael Crichton's mystery novels based themselves on events that could very well take place today. In his novel A Case of Need a womans death is believed to have been caused by an incompetent abortion doctor, but as a doctor searches for the truth he finds that the death looks more like murder. The use of an abortion doctor in this work comes from Crichtons own interest in obstetrics.Rising Sun also begins as a mystery, but turns into a battle with technological warfare. The increase in affordable medical care and the constant battle for new technology. Rising Sun and A Case of need also involve pieces of Crichtons medical background and knowledge.

Crichtons days as a medical student greatly influenced his novel Five Patients.The first part of a students clinical work involves interviewing patients with various diseases.The resident on the floor says, Go see Mr. Jones in room five, he has a good story -- meaning Mr. Jones can give a clear history for a specific disease. In Five Patients Crichton goes behind the scenes of the medical profession to teach us the origins of many things we take for granted today such as antibiotics and anesthetic.It also takes a look at future of modern medicine that has yet to come.

The popular television show ER is almost a direct replay of Crichtons days in the emergency room. The script for ER had been sitting in Crichtons trunk since 1974, when the former Harvard medical student wrote it as a movie screenplay. It sat there until the late 1980s, when Steven Spielberg read it and got interested. Most people have been in the emergency room of their local hospital and can relate to the situations that come up in the ER.It also gives people an idea of just what a doctor has to deal with when working in the emergency room.ER has changed the appeal of the doctor type of show, and a new generation of viewers is eagerly watching.ER is different from other medical shows in the fact that it focuses on the doctors and their lives instead of on the patients.Crichton is an executive producer on the show, which allows him to make sure that it stays close to its original theme and purpose.

Michael was on his own again in 1983, after more than a decade spent in marriage or otherwise exclusive relationships. Suddenly he was in seach of a new job. It was a shock to discover how much had changed. This part of Crichtons life gave birth to the book Disclosure. He was having lunch with his agent in a restaurant when a woman walked up, slapped her business card on the table, and said "Call me". The aggressiveness of women is portrayed in Disclosure when Tom Sanders is harassed by his female boss in order for the company to stay on top. This situation could happen at any time in today's world. Michael Crichtons popularity is based in the fact that his novels and movies hit close to home for many of their readers and viewers. Crichton built his success out of his passion for science, art,and entertainment. The movie versions of Crichtons books are always hits after his first big movie The Andromeda Strain and there are more, Jurassic Park earning $912 million, Rising Sun earning $65 million, Disclosure earning $83 million, Congo earning $80 million, and a varation of the book "The Lost World". In more intellectual circles, I'm seen as a popular entertainer unworthy of consideration. In popular entertainment circles, I'm considered too intellectual. I don't seem to fit in anywhere. Crichton has fared well over time surpassing other pop novelists like John Grisham or Steven King, whose popularity has not been constant.Chicago From the begining in 1942 to his studies at Harvard Medical School, he has had a long and varied career and there is still more to come from this popular and successful writer.