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1969 novel by Michael Crichton

LanguageEnglish

Published1969 (Signet Books)

Publication placeUnited States

Zero Cool
First edition cover
Author	John Lange
Language	English
Published	1969 (Signet Books)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	192
LC Class	PS3553.R48
Preceded by	A Case of Need
Followed by	The Venom Business

Zero Cool is Michael Crichton's fifth published novel, and the fourth to feature his pseudonym John Lange. It was released in 1969.^[1]^[2]

An American doctor goes to Spain to present a paper at a conference and take a holiday. He meets a mysterious woman and is asked to perform an autopsy on a member of the underworld. He finds himself in a conspiracy to obtain a jewel.

Re-release

The novel was re-released in 2008 as part of the Hard Case Crime series. For this release, Crichton wrote two short new framing chapters, in addition to doing an overall revision of the text. Hard Case Crime republished the novel under Crichton's name on November 19, 2013.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ A Listing of New Books New York Times 4 Feb 1969: 36.
↑ The versatile Crichton Seligson, Marcia. Chicago Tribune 8 June 1969: k6.
↑ "Hard Case Crime to Publish Early Crichton Thrillers". publishersweekly.com. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
↑ "Michael Crichton's pulpy 'John Lange' novels reissued". USAToday.com. November 18, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

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Bibliography
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) The Lost World (1995) Airframe (1996) Timeline (1999) Prey (2002) State of Fear (2004) Next (2006) Pirate Latitudes (2009) *  Micro (2011) *  Dragon Teeth (2017) *  Eruption (2024) *
Novels written under pseudonyms	Odds On (1966) Scratch One (1967) Easy Go (1968) A Case of Need (1968) Zero Cool (1969) The Venom Business (1969) Drug of Choice (1970) Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1970) Grave Descend (1970) Binary (1972)
Post-Crichton novels	The Andromeda Evolution (2019)
Non-fiction	Five Patients (1970) Jasper Johns (1977) Electronic Life (1983) Travels (1988)
Films directed	Pursuit (1972) Westworld (1973) Coma (1978) The First Great Train Robbery (1978) Looker (1981) Runaway (1984) Physical Evidence (1989)
Films written	Extreme Close-Up (1973) Westworld (1973) Coma (1978) The First Great Train Robbery (1978) Looker (1981) Runaway (1984) Jurassic Park (1993) Rising Sun (1993) Twister (1996)
Television series	Beyond Westworld (1980) ER (1994–2009) Westworld (2016–2022)
Adaptations	The Andromeda Strain (1971) Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) The Carey Treatment (1972) Pursuit (1972) The Terminal Man (1974) The First Great Train Robbery (1978) Jurassic Park (1993) Rising Sun (1993) Disclosure (1994) Congo (1995) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Sphere (1998) The 13th Warrior (1999) Timeline (2003) The Andromeda Strain (2008)
Video games	Amazon (1984) Westworld 2000 (1996) Timeline (2000) Jurassic Park series
Franchises	Westworld (1973–2022) Jurassic Park (1993–present)
Related	Antarctica cooling controversy
*Released posthumously

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