In a preemptive strike, 20th Century Fox has purchased film rights to Michael Crichton's next novel, "Prey," for close to $5 million. No other studio was granted a shot at the manuscript.

PREY: A Novel Michael Crichton, , read by George Wilson, intro. read by the author. . Harper Audio, $39.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-06-053696-1 ...

Crichton's work combines thrilling plots with detailed research, making his novels feel like movies or video games. His ...

Prey A Novel Michael Crichton HarperCollins: 384 pp., $26.95 * One can always predict what new peril to Life As We Know It will make its way to the TV news shows or the cover of Time magazine by ...

"Well, what exactly is the problem?" A growling voice. "Apparently, the plant released some material into the environment. It was an accident. Now, several dead animals have been found out in the ...

Author Michael Crichton's long list of best-sellers includes "The Andromeda Strain," "Jurassic Park" and "Timeline." His latest novel, "Prey," combines scientific fact with fiction, examining the ...

Prey is another one of Crichton’s “beware of science gone mad” novels, this time dealing with nanotechnology — Fox optioned it years ago, but that’s probably lapsed.

Prey By Michael Crichton HarperCollins 364 pages, $26.95 With his new novel, Michael Crichton may breathe life into nanoparticles and bioengineering the way he did raptors, T-Rexes and cloning in ...

Michael Crichton novels seem like a pupal stage that comes between a ton of research into a hot topic and an ultimate incarnation as a big-budget film. Strangely, Crichton turned away from a ...