Michael Crichton RIP

[Einion]

Michael Crichton passed away a few days ago, not sure if anybody missed it like I did.

Einion

 

[ScottRadom]

66 and cancer victim. Not a big fan of his work but he sure leaves behind a HUGE legacy in TV, Film, and print.

Condolences to the man\'s friends and family for sure.

 

[mickc22]

yeah, saw that in the paper this morning, didn\'t even know he had cancer, let alone dieing from it

 

[Sand Rat]

Well bugger

 

[Roger Bunting]

Saw this on a teletext headline last evening. R.I.P. Michael.

 

[darklord]

i missed that completley, read a few of his books and enjoyed theme.
RIP

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by steelcult
Well bugger

What he said.

He wrote what I consider to be one of the classic \"Hard Tech\" Sci-fi thrillers \'The Andromeda Strain\'.
Must have read that about a dozen times.

 

[Llanerion]

Completely missed that as well ... bleh. Condolences to friends and family.

Read Timeline many times, might just have to have another perusal now

 

[ded2day]

The Andromeda Strain was one of my first books to hook me into sci-fi. He was a great writer and will be missed.

 

[Necroghast]

Arggg it SUCKS!! I\'m sad cause apparently he was working on a new book but didn\'t finish it.

 

[supervike]

In a very odd, and unrelated story, it seems that there was a mosquito caught that had last feasted on the named author last summer.

The mosquito is now in the possession of multi-millionaire John Hammond, who is very secretive about the nature of what he is doing with it.

Rumors abound that there is an island in the pacific that is populated with nothing but clones of the author. Nothing is substanstiated, but a spate of sequels have just been announced to many of Crichton\'s best sellers.