Friday, November 14, 2008
Michael Crichton passed away
He was a good author, and he was only 66 (he died of cancer). I read only a few of his books and found them like bubblegum (the later books were bubblegum with an aftertaste - there was substance that stayed with you). I read Jurassic Park in 10th Grade. It was my first exposure to chaos theory, a subject I'm still obsessed with through today. Thank you, Mr. Criton. And thank you for a lifetime of entertaining books. You earned your money.
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Michael Crighton... ah. His position on global warming? Not so much. Having said that, he wrote some of the most popular and thought-provoking science fiction (in the traditional sense of the word) stories of the last 30 years. (Congo was a personal favorite, as was Timeframe.) Oh, and he came up with the idea for ER, the longest running prime time drama in US history (I think..) which isn't bad either.
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