About this book
Zero Cool (1969), 240 pages, is another of the John Lange thrillers Michael Crichton wrote during medical school, arriving between A Case of Need and the book that would make him famous, The Andromeda Strain. Like the rest of his pre-1969 pseudonymous work, it's leaner and more plot-first than his later novels.
Key facts about Zero Cool
Michael Crichton wrote Zero Cool, a book on our list. It has been out since 1969. The book has 240 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781783291212 to find the main one.
Michael Crichton has 31 books on our list. 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).
Earlier, Easy Go came out in 1968. After it came Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues in 1970. It is one of 3 Michael Crichton books dated 1969.
Since then, our list has added 24 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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