Michael Crichton has passed away.

[thebitterguy]

SF author Michael Crichton has died.

Although he was easy to disagree with recently, he was partially responsible for giving us the greatest onscreen dinosaurs ever.

Comments

[nexstarman.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this, Wikipedia:

Michael Crichton died November 5, 2008, from a rare Andromeda strain of cancer. After what initially appeared to be a hopeful run at remission as a result of the controversial new Carey Treatment, Crichton’s timeline ran out. The late author, known by some as “The Terminal Man”, opted not to provide the public with full disclosure regarding his illness, but rather to keep it within his personal sphere of close friends and family. He was noted to have kept his zero cool, despite what must have indeed been a state of fear. Crichton was 66 years old. Jurassic Park.

[thebitterguy]

I guess they removed that when I looked at it. Cute, though.

[nexstarman.livejournal.com]

God, yes.

[thebitterguy]

I've changed the main link to a CBC article, for the sake of dignity.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

He was old?

Well... Strain was from the 60s. But still!

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I think the only things I read of his were Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park, and in both cases, I think they made better films than books. Op! Not true! I also read "The Great Train Robbery", and he wrote that, too: although I'm not sure whether he did the book first, or the movie...

[spross.livejournal.com]

I shall remember him fondly while my PCs are being eaten by dino's... :)

[avaenuha.livejournal.com]

Damn, I used to devour his books as a kid. Well, skipping over those pages of science gobbledey-gook that he always had to jam in there.