by Michael Crichton · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099442110
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«The Terminal Man» is Michael Crichton's science fiction novel, published by Arrow in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Harry Benson suffers violent seizures and memory lapses, and agrees to an experimental treatment: electrodes implanted in his brain. The surgeons are unaware that he is a psychopath who cannot distinguish between man and machine. When he learns to trigger the discharges at will, he escapes the hospital and becomes a homicidal threat.
This Arrow edition appeared in July 1996; the novel was originally published in 1972. The back cover includes praise from The New Yorker and Book-of-the-Month Club News.
For fans of Michael Crichton and enthusiasts of science fiction thrillers about the dangers of technology.
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.
