OT: Michael Crichton

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and I am amazed at the phenomenal number of subjects he wrote about so well.

He’ll be missed.

I was a big fan, even if his last couple of books did make go a big rubbery one.

Jurassic Park is one of my all-time favorite books.

His travels book was pretty damn good, too.

I’ll miss the freakishly tall bastard.

Though I don’t necessarily agree with him on this subject I really enjoyed this book. His arguements were clear and sensible. They provided his arguements without being too condescending. As mentioned, I will miss his style of writing and the different subjects that he provided so much clarification (though usually one-sided) on.

I really enjoyed Airframe and Prey..

He was just coming out with a new book, what the hell no. this is not possible.

My favorite author….and I find out on lonestarball, holy shit.

That was one of my favorites from him.

Back when he was young he was a molecular biologist at the institute I work at now. I’m certain that experience helped lead him to write Andromeda Strain soon thereafter – one of my favorite sci-fi books. Very smart guy and very entertaining author.

to me when i was in high school

case of need
andromeda strain
rising sun
disclosure
jurassic park

all great books.

But Ive still read 3 of his books.. great author.
I had the audio tapes of JP and listened to it a lot when i was really really young.

I used to look at him as an idol. So accomplished across two fields.

And, just to clear something up, his views on global warming weren’t all that controversial. Maybe the extreme left think so, but otherwise he just called for a measured response to a much more complicated problem that got too simplified in the media. For instance, he didn’t deny global warming, he just had problems with pegging it as man made and thinking that reversing human trends would magically solve the problem.

that nuance, he brought to pretty much any field he wrote about. truly brilliant guy.

im listening to the audiobook of jurrasic park and its AWESOME

damn :(

After reading Jurassic Park I read just about every work of fiction Michael Crichton had written to that point.

Andromeda Strain
Sphere
Terminal Man
Congo
Rising Sun
Disclusure
The Great Train Robbery

I read these all in a very short period of time and enjoyed them all. Later on I read The Lost World and wasn’t as impressed (the move was horrible). I was even less impressed with Airframe and Timeline. They seemed like screenplays that had half-heartedly been turned in to books. I haven’t read anything since Timeline.

Crichton was a pretty amazing guy. Along with being a novelist and a medical student he directed a number of movies including the adaptation of his book The Great Train Robbery. He also directed a favorite of mine, Westworld.

Westworld is an underrated novel.

Where nothing can possibly go worng…

in 5th grade during “mandatory reading time” no joke. I was hooked. Of course I had to go back and read it again later cuz I didn’t understand some of it, but I loved it.

Timeline is probably my favorite of his though.

Which I still watch for some reason. I guess I just have to finish it out even though it’s not what it used to be.