Publisher harpercollins chose science writer richard preston to complete the novel from crichtons remaining notes and research, and it was finally published in 2011. Micro, by michael crichton and richard preston the. The following are links to all of the essays and speeches once available on the website. Once again, crichton brings to life the issues that haunt americans in their everyday lives, this time tackling air safety. Flight 545 has just landed with three dead and more than fifty injured passengers. Right from being a bestselling author to a producer, director and screenwriter, he excelled in all the fields of work.
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