Category Archives: John Lange

2017 Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt Wrap-up

Posted on 28 December 2017 by

Bev over at My Reader’s Block has been hosting her vintage mystery reading challenges for much longer than I’ve been blogging and it’s been a pleasure to take part all these years. So how did I do this year? Well … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Golden Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Agatha Christie, Anthony Berkeley, Carter Brown, Carter Dickson, Colin Dexter, Gideon Fell, Graham Greene, Helen Nielsen, Henry Merrivale, Inspector Morse, Jim Thompson, John Dickson Carr, John Lange, Michael Crichton, Poirot, Stark House Press | 18 Comments

ZERO COOL (1968) by Michael Crichton

Posted on 22 December 2017 by

This is one of the ‘John Lange’ adventures written by Michael Crichton during his apprenticeship as a purveyor of paperback thrills. Reprinted in paper by Hard Case Crime, it is also available as an e-book from Open Road in what … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Barcelona, France, Friday's Forgotten Book, Hard Case Crime, John Lange, Michael Crichton, Paris, Spain | 41 Comments

Pursuit (1972) – Tuesday’s Forgotten Film

Posted on 30 July 2013 by

Ben Gazzara, E.G Marshall and Martin Sheen star in this ticking clock thriller by Michael Crichton in which the countdown is actually shown superimposed on-screen. This was a pretty nifty gimmick for a modest ABC TV Movie of the Week … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 Book to Movie Challenge, John Lange, Michael Crichton, San Diego, Tuesday's Overlooked Film | Tagged | 21 Comments

BINARY (1972) by Michael Crichton

Posted on 26 July 2013 by

This proved to be the last of the books Michael Crichton published under his ‘John Lange’ pseudonym as his secret identity was pretty much blown by then. After his mutating virus bestseller The Andromeda Strain and the Edgar-winning medical mystery A Case of Need … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 Book to Movie Challenge, Friday's Forgotten Book, John Lange, Michael Crichton, San Diego | 27 Comments