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The Terminal Man
Michael Crichton
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Description for The Terminal Man
Paperback. A man suffering from violent seizures enters a Los Angeles hospital, where soothing pulses are sent into his brain. But then he discovers how to get the pulses with increasing frequency, escapes from the hospital, and lapses into murderous rampages. By the author of "Jurassic Park". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 158.
Harry Benson is a man troubled by violent seizures and blackouts, with grave doubts about what occurs during those lost hours. When two surgeons approach him with a drastic new treatment for his extreme fits he leaps at the chance, even though it means having electrodes planted deep into his brain. The surgeons are so obsessed with trying out their new theory they ignore warnings from another doctor that the man they are about to experiment on is a psychopath, who believes there is no difference between man and machine. It is too late when they realise what kind of ... Read more
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Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099442110
SKU
V9780099442110
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About Michael Crichton
Born in Chicago in 1942, Michael Crichton first trained as a doctor before going on to become one of the most successful writers in the world. In 1994 he achieved a feat unmatched by any other writer: by having simultaneously a number one TV series, book and movie with, respectively, ER (which he created), Disclosure and Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, ... Read more
Reviews for The Terminal Man
A fascinating, splendidly documented thriller
The New Yorker
A brilliantly achieved and all-too-believable modern Frankenstein
Book-of-the-Month Club News
The New Yorker
A brilliantly achieved and all-too-believable modern Frankenstein
Book-of-the-Month Club News