Michael Crichton: Formula Writer
Michael Crichton's work isn't exactly predictable (it's almost random), but certain patterns emmerge after you read a few of his novels.  Many of them have pretty much the same formula:
1) take a bunch of experts in disparate fields...
2) then stick them together where they have to get out of a weird situation...
3) and make them battle science/technology gone awry.
Seriously, you could create a random Michael Crichton plot generator.  The output would read:
"A [x1], [x2], and [x3] have to fight [y] in order to escape from a [z]."
Where...
x = geologist, paleontologist, astronomer, chaos mathematician, or a guy who trains gorillas to use sign language

y = nanobots, dinosaurs, sea snails, space viruses, or a previously unknown species of silverback primates

z = jungle, deep sea base, virology lab, or a futuristic amusement park (this last one works for two Jurrasic Park novels as well as Westworld)

Voi la!  Now you have an outline for your very own Michael Crichton novel.  Enjoy!

If anyone wants to write the code to do this as a CGI, I would greatly appreciate it.  I couldn't find a script that would do what I wanted and I don't have the time to learn how to compose one from scratch.  If you want to help out, please write.


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