About this book
Scratch One (1967), 272 pages, is one of the fast, plot-first pulp thrillers Michael Crichton wrote as John Lange while still a medical student, kept deliberately separate from his fiction identity at the time. It followed Odds On in his earliest run of pseudonymous novels, published for money rather than for reputation.
Key facts about Scratch One
Scratch One is a book by Michael Crichton. Readers have had it since 1967. It runs to 272 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Scratch One. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781783291199 to find the main one.
Michael Crichton has 31 books in our catalogue. Since none belong to a series we track, all 31 stand alone. All 31 are out now. Other books by Michael Crichton on file include Eruption (2024), The Andromeda Evolution (2019), Dragon Teeth (2017) and Micro (2011).
Before this one, Odds On came out in 1966. After it came A Case of Need in 1968. Since then, our list has added 29 more books by Michael Crichton. Meanwhile, A Murder in Hollywood is the latest published Michael Crichton book on file, from 5 May 2026.
About Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton was an American author, physician, and filmmaker whose techno-thrillers redefined the genre by grounding speculative, often catastrophic scenarios in rigorous scientific research, most famously in Jurassic Park, which imagined the genetic resurrection of dinosaurs and became a global cultural phenomenon after Steven Spielberg's 1993 film adaptation. See every Michael Crichton book in order.
Editions
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