Ah hell, Michael Crichton has died

[pokerfan]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Author-Michael-Crighton-Die/Article/200811115143730

[Shell Beau]

1. What the hell happened to him?

Jeez, didn't even know he was ill.

Sad!

On edit, I saw that he died of cancer. Figures. It kills about everyone now a days. :cry:

[undeterred]

15. He had cancer apparently.

He went to medical school but never became a doctor- but the things he learned in medical school gave him the background for a lot of his writing, including the tv series ER. A lot of the series is based on true or semi true stories of things that really happened at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He was a great writer.

Also, the script wasn't picked up until 20 years after he wrote it and had written other successful books.

[TZ]

2. Well I haven't forgiven him for his anti-global warming screed

in one of his last books, but he was an excellent writer.

[Shell Beau]

3. I was surprised by that book. I didn't read it though.

Not sure where he stood politically, but he was an excellent writer.

[Frosty1]

13. I did read it

Along with almost all of his other books. After he became a right wing shill for the anti-global warming cause I never read another.
Oh well

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. What what what?

Most unexpected...RIP. Thank you very much for the great stories...!

[siligut]

5. I used to read everything he wrote.

But then it did seem like he had sold out.:shrug:

[pokerfan]

6. Airframe was the last one I read

Haven't gotten around to reading Timeline.

[AlCzervik]

7. Jurassic Park was an excellent book.

and that's all i got.

[pokerfan]

9. I read Airframe once flying home from Europe

Talk about a visceral experience. Read the first couple of pages http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0345402871/ref=sib_dp_ptu#reader-link">here. If that doesn't grab you by the gonads, then nothing will.

[lost-in-nj]

11. that is not a book to read on the plane

:scared:


lost

[pokerfan]

12. I remember a flight attendant

noticing what I was reading. She smiled and said, "Great book!"

[datasuspect]

8. why couldn't it have been jerry bruckheimer?

why? why? why?

[lost-in-nj]

10. Damn I love his work

:cry:

I will miss your imagination....


lost

[begin_within]

14. The Andromeda Strain is a great sci-fi novel. (and OK movie)