Welcome to The Official Michael Crichton Message Board -- newly updated! Before you post, please take a few minutes to read the following rules and regulations about posting on this website. This way, everyone can have a good time talking about Michael’s past and present projects!

1. Many message boards have an “off-topic” section. This is not one of those boards. Please stay on-topic or your post will be deleted. Straying off-topic too many times (determined by the webmaster) will result in being banned from the website.

Also, this is NOT a chat room. Casual conversations between posters will be deleted without notice. We do not use chat room or 'short-cut' "English" on this message board. Posts using, for example, "kewl," "u" for "you," or no capitalization or punctuation will be deleted.

2. No inappropriate language or subject matter will be tolerated. If you chose to post something that is inappropriate, you will be permanently banned from the website. No warnings will be given. If you have a question about what is inappropriate and what is not, please use the “PM” button (private message) and ask BEFORE YOU POST and we will be happy to guide you on this matter.

3. Disagreeing with another poster will inevitably happen. However, “flaming” another poster will not be tolerated. You can post a dissenting opinion without attacking another poster. If you do, you will be banned.

4. Please do not post messages directly to the webmaster or administrator. The only exception would be to notify them that there is a technical problem with the board. They are here to make sure things run smoothly and that posters are following the rules -- not to get into discussions/debates with posters.

5. Please try to keep your “signatures” to a minimum. It is extremely difficult to follow posts with short messages and really long signatures. Also, high graphic signatures eat up a lot of bandwidth and slow down the board. If you have signatures that fit either of these descriptions, we ask that you modify them.

6. Threads will be deleted after two months. That should give everyone who is interested enough time to respond to the topic before it gets out-of-date.

7. Do not cut-and-paste entire articles or scientific journal information. Make a link to the reference. These articles are copyrighted and can not be reproduced without express written permission. All posts containing them will be deleted.

8. We reserve the right to delete postings we deem inappropriate, and ban any posters who do not comply with the rules of this board.

Just remember to keep things on-topic and have fun!

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