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|title=Binary

|author=Michael Crichton

|publisher=Titan Books

|date=October 2013

|website=http://www.michaelcrichton.net/

|summary=Before Michael Crichton was known for writing the likes of 'Jurassic Park', he wrote under the name John Lange. 'Binary' tells the thrilling story of Federal Agent John Graves' adventure to track down canisters of deadly nerve agent.

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Switch on TV over the holiday season and you will eventually stumble across a show about celebrities before they were famous. Sit back and watch Hollywood Royalty gurn on an advert or appear in an early episode of ‘Grange Hill’. Working before you hit the limelight does not happen solely to actors; authors often had a life before they put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard). Indeed, the likes of Stephen King, Jack Higgins and many others had a prolific career under a nom de plume. Michael Crichton is another such author and after his untimely death 1998 we will be unlikely to see any new works by him. Thankfully, the publisher ''Titan Books'' has gone back to his earlier days under the name John Lange to re-release some of his hardboiled crime fiction.