Michael Crichton
1) Westworld
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This story of a technological paradise suddenly turned nightmare is a genuine shocker. For $1,000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the "theme park" called Westworld where the gunhands and dance-hall girls are all robots programmed to serve the guests' violent and lustful fantasies--until something goes wrong with their circuitry.
2) Coma
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"Ten cases. Now 12. Why are young, healthy patients admitted for minor surgery at Boston Memorial Hospital ending up on life support? Dr. Susan Wheeler wants to know. Somebody else wants her dead"--Container.
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"Computer scientist Harry Benson has experimental brain surgery to end his potentially dangerous seizures. Electrodes are attached to forty terminals of his brain to counteract his violent impulses. But there's no escaping his own mind. The experiment has backfired and the seizures return -- with a vengeance"--Container.
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Shamus: When a private eye tries to recover a parcel of stolen diamonds for a rich eccentric, he encounters a scheme to sell army surplus tanks and guns on the international black market.
Physical evidence: A suspended Boston cop, charged with first degree murder, is forced to depend upon a court-appointed attorney -- an ambitious, cool and sophisticated public defender who isn't convinced of her client's innocence.
The man who loved women: A Los...
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Contact: Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Lost in space: The year is 2058. With the Earth's resources severely depleted human survival depends upon "The Jupiter Mission." This daring plan will launch an entire family-- the Robinsons-- into the farthest reaches of hyperspace to colonize "Alpha Prime, " the only other habitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway...