Michael Crichton on the Block: Record Haul Expected from "Jurassic Park," "ER" Creator's Collection

Most people know Michael Crichton as the guy who threw over his medical practice after hitting the big time as author with a knack for penning movie-ready novels, first with The Andromeda Strain, then with Jurassic Park and State of Fear. The freakishly tall (6'9") but good-looking doctor (named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1992) was a workaholic who, besides churning out novels and screenplays, created the long-running TV hit, ER In 1994, he became the only...