The Association of Jewish Libraries honored the title this year. Roman Polanski's detective story is a bleak pastiche of '40s noir films like The Big Sleep . The 25th anniversary DVD has interviews with the director and writer. The resemblance ends there in this slightly supernatural tale of miracles on death row. A mouse's star turn could challenge upcoming Stuart Little for best performance by a rodent.
Current shows are tamer than the early days, when creatures occasionally drew a little blood.
But the threat of death keeps fans on edge. Timeline by Michael Crichton 2. House Atreides by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson 3. All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson 4. Book Two of the Riftwar Legacy by Raymond E. Feist 5.