by Michael Crichton · AVON BOOKS USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060092573
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«The Terminal Man» is Michael Crichton's science fiction novel, published by Avon Books in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Harry Benson suffers violent seizures and assaults two people. Under police custody, he is admitted to a Los Angeles hospital, where Dr. Roger McPherson proposes an experimental operation that implants electrodes in his brain. The surgery is a success, but Benson learns to activate these impulses, with unpredictable consequences.
The original was published in 1972; this 2002 edition is a reprint. The cover includes the mention New York Times bestseller.
For readers of medical thrillers and science fiction, as well as for fans of Michael Crichton.
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
