NEW YORK - TWO novels by 'Jurassic Park' author Michael Crichton, one finished by him before his death last year and the other to be completed based on his notes, will be published posthumously, his publisher said on Monday.

Crichton, a doctor turned novelist and filmmaker whose books have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide, died of cancer last November at age 66.

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IN LATE 19th century, Jules Verne wrote about an intrepid adventurer named Phileas Fogg who went Around The World In Eighty Days. These days, you could do the same but in luxury, taking about 90 days on a cruise liner.