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RIP Michael Crichton

DalbozDalboz Resident Puppy EaterRight behind you...Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/11/05/obit.crichton/index.html
Michael Crichton, a best-selling author, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, his public relations firm said in a news release.

He "died unexpectedly," the release said, "after a courageous and private battle against cancer."

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    This day has been a roller coaster ride full of ups and downs. This is definitely a down.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Holy crap.

    Didn't see that coming.

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  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Wow, I had no idea he even had cancer.

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Huh. They kept that pretty low-key

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    FunkyWaltDogg wrote: »
    Wow, I had no idea he even had cancer.

    Me neither.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Yeah, me neither.

    I love his earlier stuff up to and including Timeline, but his latest stuff is .... less so. Anyway, he wasn't very old, so this is kinda depressing.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That's a damned shame. :(

    RIP

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  • OpiumOpium regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh man that sucks. He created some timeless, mindblowing stuff and I was looking forward to much more. RIP.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    whoa, didn't see this coming

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  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    RIP. :(
    Loved his writing style.

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  • DmanDman Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    tofu wrote: »
    FunkyWaltDogg wrote: »
    Wow, I had no idea he even had cancer.

    Me neither.

    He wrote some good books.
    RIP

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  • Mithrandir86Mithrandir86 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    He got quite crazy later in life. State of Fear.

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  • AridholAridhol Daddliest Catch Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    :( That's a shame.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    :(

    I read Jurassic Park in high school. When I say read, I mean I used to walk around reading it in year eight because I was a loner.

    I must have read it like twenty times? It was my security blanket, I loved dinosaurs as a kid.

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    He did get a bit crazy with the global warming stuff, but Sphere and Prey were both amazing books.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    FunkyWaltDogg wrote: »
    Wow, I had no idea he even had cancer.

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  • OpiumOpium regular
    edited November 2008
    Mithrandir86 wrote: »
    He got quite crazy later in life. State of Fear.
    Most (good) authors do. It's the classic tradeoff between art and sanity.

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  • ErchamionErchamion Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Jurassic Park was the first adult novel I ever read. I thought I was awesome because I was in third grade carrying around a book that had the word "shit" in it.

    :(

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  • WetsunWetsun Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    FunkyWaltDogg wrote: »
    Wow, I had no idea he even had cancer.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    What I thought it was awesome because he blows away raptors with a rocket launcher and then gets eaten.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Erchamion wrote: »
    Jurassic Park was the first adult novel I ever read. I thought I was awesome because I was in third grade carrying around a book that had the word "shit" in it.

    :(

    High 5! Me too. Well, 4th grade, cause that's when the movie came out, and I read the novelization then went for the real thing.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Of the adult novels I read as a child, Jurassic Park is one of those that I remember most strongly.

    Shame.

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  • WetsunWetsun Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Need to find my copy of The Lost World. It's probably a few states away in a drawer.

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  • OpiumOpium regular
    edited November 2008
    Tofystedeth wrote: »
    Erchamion wrote: »
    Jurassic Park was the first adult novel I ever read. I thought I was awesome because I was in third grade carrying around a book that had the word "shit" in it.

    :(

    High 5! Me too. Well, 4th grade, cause that's when the movie came out, and I read the novelization then went for the real thing.
    Was it a novelization? I thought the movie came after the book.

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  • ErchamionErchamion Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Tofystedeth wrote: »
    Erchamion wrote: »
    Jurassic Park was the first adult novel I ever read. I thought I was awesome because I was in third grade carrying around a book that had the word "shit" in it.

    :(

    High 5! Me too. Well, 4th grade, cause that's when the movie came out, and I read the novelization then went for the real thing.

    I think I went the other way around. Saw it in theaters and then started reading it during summer camp and finished up a bit into the school year. Took a while, but I was 8.

    Edit: It was also the book that made me realize that books are better than movie versions of them. I mean, why would you replace the awesome sick stegasaur from the book with a triceratops?

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  • GrombarGrombar Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Damn. That came out of nowhere.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    We will never forget Clever Girl

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  • WetsunWetsun Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Read Jurassic Park after the movie.

    Read Lost World before the movie.

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  • TalkcTalkc Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Tofystedeth wrote: »
    Erchamion wrote: »
    Jurassic Park was the first adult novel I ever read. I thought I was awesome because I was in third grade carrying around a book that had the word "shit" in it.

    :(

    High 5! Me too. Well, 4th grade, cause that's when the movie came out, and I read the novelization then went for the real thing.

    That and The Lost World were my two first "grown up" books. 5th grade was awesome because of it.

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  • DalbozDalboz Resident Puppy Eater Right behind you...Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I read Jurassic Park in junior high school and really enjoyed, but I hated Lost World, which didn't come out until I was in college. Sphere was good, as was Eaters of the Dead being an interesting retelling of Beowulf. I've got some others on my book shelf that I need to read. His style was very quick and easily accessible, so you can easily read a book of his in a day, much like Arthur C. Clarke.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Opium wrote: »
    Mithrandir86 wrote: »
    He got quite crazy later in life. State of Fear.
    Most (good) authors do. It's the classic tradeoff between art and sanity.

    Yeah, but when you start characterizing your critics as child molesters, that's when you know you've become a permanent resident of Crazytown, Pop. You.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dalboz wrote: »
    I read Jurassic Park in junior high school and really enjoyed, but I hated Lost World, which didn't come out until I was in college. Sphere was good, as was Eaters of the Dead being an interesting retelling of Beowulf. I've got some others on my book shelf that I need to read. His style was very quick and easily accessible, so you can easily read a book of his in a day, much like Arthur C. Clarke.

    Sphere is still one of my all time favorite books. Also, A Case of Need and Airframe.

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  • OpiumOpium regular
    edited November 2008
    AngelHedgie wrote: »
    Opium wrote: »
    Mithrandir86 wrote: »
    He got quite crazy later in life. State of Fear.
    Most (good) authors do. It's the classic tradeoff between art and sanity.

    Yeah, but when you start characterizing your critics as child molesters, that's when you know you've become a permanent resident of Crazytown, Pop. You.
    Personal sanity is a small sacrifice for truly great art, IMO. Not saying that State of Fear was truly great art specifically, but in general.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Wetsun wrote: »
    Read Jurassic Park after the movie.

    Read Lost World before the movie.

    LIES!

    Still never read Prey. Maybe I'll go do that now. I actually haven't read anything of his in years, but everything I did read I enjoyed. Sadness.

    Prey is pretty good if you can let go of your critical self. :P I think it's better than State of Fear, to be sure, but it's still a pretty mediocre book.

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  • WetsunWetsun Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Wetsun wrote: »
    Read Jurassic Park after the movie.

    Read Lost World before the movie.

    LIES!

    Still never read Prey. Maybe I'll go do that now. I actually haven't read anything of his in years, but everything I did read I enjoyed. Sadness.

    I mean I read them that way. JP is pretty similar to the book though, unlike some of the silly things that happen in the LW movie.

    Prey is okay if you aren't expecting much. It sort of falls apart toward the end though if I recall.

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited November 2008
    Erchamion wrote: »
    Jurassic Park was the first adult novel I ever read. I thought I was awesome because I was in third grade carrying around a book that had the word "shit" in it.

    :(

    Haha, I was like that too with Tom Clancy's The Sum of All Fears.

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  • Typhus733Typhus733 Yip! Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    :(
    He was one of my favorite authors when I was younger. I read damn near every early book he wrote. Now I'm really sad.

    Rest in peace, Michael Crichton.

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  • DalbozDalboz Resident Puppy Eater Right behind you...Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Erchamion wrote: »
    Tofystedeth wrote: »
    Erchamion wrote: »
    Jurassic Park was the first adult novel I ever read. I thought I was awesome because I was in third grade carrying around a book that had the word "shit" in it.

    :(

    High 5! Me too. Well, 4th grade, cause that's when the movie came out, and I read the novelization then went for the real thing.

    I think I went the other way around. Saw it in theaters and then started reading it during summer camp and finished up a bit into the school year. Took a while, but I was 8.

    Edit: It was also the book that made me realize that books are better than movie versions of them. I mean, why would you replace the awesome sick stegasaur from the book with a triceratops?

    You mean the indepth discussions of Chaos theory, or having a character give a three-page monologue about science run amok while lying there dying?
    I still enjoyed it immensely, though.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Damn, that sucks. His work may not have been 'high literature', but it was all well written, interesting, and usually thought provoking.

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