Airframe

Crichton, Michael

ISBN 10: 0679446486 / ISBN 13: 9780679446484

Published by Knopf, 1996

About this Item

About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Trade Edition. Signed by author on title page. Book is in very good condition; only flaw is previous owner's embossed stamp on same page as signature of author. Jacket is also in very good condition with moderate wear. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Airframe
• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679446486
• ISBN 13: 9780679446484
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A fatal mid-air collision involving a commercial airliner prompts a frantic, desperate investigation into the causes of the accident, in a timely thriller exploring the issue of safety and security in the aircraft industry. 2,000,000 first printing. $2,000,000 ad/promo.

About the Author

Michael Crichton was born in Chicago and was graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University. At twenty-three, Crichton was a visiting lecturer in anthropology at Cambridge University, England. Upon his return to the States, Crichton began training as a doctor, and was graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1969. He paid his way through medical school by writing pseudonymous thrillers, one of which (A Case of Need, 1968) won an Edgar Award. By the time he graduated, Crichton had already written a bestseller (The Andromeda Strain, 1969) and sold it to Hollywood. He then pursued postgraduate studies at the Salk Institute in California before taking up writing full time.

Crichton has written ten novels -- The Andromeda Strain, 1969; The Terminal Man, 1972; The Great Train Robbery, 1975; Eaters of the Dead, 1976; Congo, 1980; Sphere, 1987; Jurassic Park, 1990; Rising Sun, 1992; Disclosure, 1994; and The Lost World, 1995 -- each of which displays an intimate knowledge of a different, specialist subject, among them primatology, neurobiology, biophysics, international economics, Nordic history and genetics. He has directed six movies, including Westworld, Coma, and The Great Train Robbery, and is the creator of the hit television series ER (which won eight emmys in 1995). He is a computer expert who wrote one of the first books about information technology (Electronic Life, 1983); he has run a software company; he has designed a computer game called Amazon; is a committed collector of modern art and the author of a learned study on Jasper Johns (Jasper Johns, 1977). His other works of nonfiction include Five Patients: The Hospital Explained, 1970, and Travels, 1988. Crichton's novels have been translated into twenty-four languages; eight of his novels have been made into films, including Jurassic Park, one of the most successful films in motion picture history.

Michael Crichton is married and lives in Los Angeles.