Lost in the hubub last night: Michael Crichton dies

[Frozen Sooner]

:(

May not have agreed with him on some stuff, but he did a great job of doing "hard" sci-fi in a form that the mass market could consume.

Plus, I really like ER.

[My Opinion Matters]

Was he done in by velociraptors or the T-Rex?

[Frozen Sooner]

Ironically enough, anthropogenic climate change. Totally didn't see that coming.

OK, that's in bad taste.

Apparently he's been battling cancer for a while.

[Tulsa_Fireman]

See, Obama is already beginning to destroy us.

[Echoes]

Whoa, are you kidding? I had no clue. I liked Crichton. For a high school library that was generally bare of anything actually worth reading after you got past all the classics, Crichton at least kept me busy for a semester or so. He seemed to be a generally interesting fellow and had some cool ideas.

[kbsooner21]

Damn! One of my favorite writers ever

[TUSooner]

I really enjoyed his writing. The first I read was "Eaters of the Dead" (I think.) Whatever it was, it became the movie, "The 13th Warrior. It was actually a really cool historical novel. His novel about genetic engineering and reasoning and talking animals was pretty cool, too.

[OUMonster]

"Airframe" and "Prey" were my two favorites of his.

[swardboy]

Prey, Sphere, Jurassic Park and Timeline were my Crichton reads. Great talent and will be missed.

[soonerinabilene]

By far my favorite author. Thats sad.

[crawfish]

Whoa. RIP Michael Crichton. Enjoyed your books. :(

[Howzit]

His novel about genetic engineering and reasoning and talking animals was pretty cool, too.

Next. Yep, it was interesting.

Had not heard this, RIP.