RIP Michael Crichton
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RIP Michael Crichton
by cavalierlwt » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:19 pm
Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic Park, Andromeda Strain, Rising Sun, Disclosure, etc died of cancer today.
I really enjoyed a lot of his books, he'll be missed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_en_ot/obit_crichton
I really enjoyed a lot of his books, he'll be missed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_en_ot/obit_crichton
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Re: RIP Michael Crichton
by Chacal » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:37 pm
I enjoyed most of his books. Sad to see someone go so soon, especially a talented person.
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Re: RIP Michael Crichton
by Tchinnychin » Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:23 pm
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Re: RIP Michael Crichton
by cavalierlwt » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:42 am
He was such a unique writer! I loved the way he took 2-3 seemingly unexciting subjects and built them into an exciting story.
Jurassic Park=paleontology+cloning+chaos theory
Timeline=time travel+quantum physics+medieval society
Rising Sun=East vs West business and culture clash+murder mystery
The range of subjects he covered was astounding, and his ability to make these things exciting led to pretty much all of his books being made into a movie, though some of those movies were not up to the same quality as the book!
Jurassic Park=paleontology+cloning+chaos theory
Timeline=time travel+quantum physics+medieval society
Rising Sun=East vs West business and culture clash+murder mystery
The range of subjects he covered was astounding, and his ability to make these things exciting led to pretty much all of his books being made into a movie, though some of those movies were not up to the same quality as the book!
Failing to plead
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Life falls asleep
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Re: RIP Michael Crichton
by SavageParrot » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:06 pm
Andromeda strain the book scared the bejesus out of me when I read it. Might have to dig it out and read it again now.
RIP
RIP
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