RIP Michael Crichton

peppi · Nov 2008

This comes as a bit of a surprise. Michael Crichton has died of cancer aged 66.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7711763.stm

Of all his novels, JP in particular has been an enormous source of inspiration for me since I first read it. It's still among my favourite books that I read (or listen to) every other year.

Rest in peace.

adam · Nov 2008

Holy shit.. RIP man. Jurassic Park is one of my all time favourite movies and its what got me in to reading at a young age - I read the book the week after I saw the movie. I can still remember being frightened when using the bathroom at the movie theater at the thought of a dinosaur bursting through the door and eating me white I shat (I was young, fuck off).

When I went to Mexico this year I read Next and when I returned read up on Genealogy and laws. Even though he wrote fiction, it certainly peaked my interest in subject matter I'd normally ignore.

Damn. Yesterday was such a good day, but now today feels a little grim.

Jesse Moody · Nov 2008

yeah saw this on my lunch. Wow.

ebagg · Nov 2008

Wow this has been a tragic year for artistic folks. I loved his books, I read Jurassic Park when I was in fourth grade and its one of the few books I've read that realllllly stood out. RIP mike!

Paul Pepera · Nov 2008

Damn... RIP

pliang · Nov 2008

You know I did like his books.

Sucky.

Jeremy Lindstrom · Nov 2008

yeah I loved reading Timeline back in the day, it was my favorite book for awhile although it made quite a shit movie

TWilson · Nov 2008

wow RIP

He was definitely one of the first authors that got my interest. I probably have 10 of his books on my shelf from when I was a kid. I still haven't read many of his blockbusters.

Wells · Nov 2008

Jurassic Park was the shit. I've read a bunch of his other stuff, but JP has been a huge influence on me. I've contemplated getting the Jp logo tattooed onto my thigh, just like the toys.

Sucks to see him go so young.

Mongrelman · Nov 2008

Aye, RIP. I remember reading Sphere shortly before Independance Day came out and their discussions in the book about possible alien life forms really put a dampner on that movie (and pretty much every other movie involving aliens since). That boolkreally opened up new ideas to me. Big shock hearing about this today

Asherr · Nov 2008

Gmanx · Nov 2008

He had a lot of great ideas, and will be sadly missed. Time to re-read the novels methinks.

almighty_gir · Nov 2008

jurassic park and congo, were the two books i studied for my GCSE english (by choice). and they STILL stand out as amazing, in my collection.

RIP michael.

danr · Nov 2008

surprised no-one's mentioned Westworld. Never been a fan of his writing, but his films were ones ithat stick in my mind from being a kid. Coma, too, that was properly tense.

PixelMasher · Nov 2008

oh shitty. I loved his books, jp, sphere, congo etc tons of memories from grade school when i was reading like a madman. RIP dude.

Josh_Singh · Nov 2008

I hope somebody saved some of his blood so we can clone him someday.
JP FTW, one of the first big novels I ever read.

Marisa · Nov 2008

Holy Shit!!! This is a huge surprise to me. I thought people like him were Gods. That totally Sux. Rest in Peace Michael Crichton, you will be remembered.

ElysiumGX · Nov 2008

This is very strange. Only a couple days ago I started and finished reading The Lost World. I didn't like it. I'm sure Jurassic Park is better...but I've seen the movie too many times.

The strange part is, I rarely read any books. But I had the urge to read one of his. Sad to see him go.

Emil Mujanovic · Nov 2008

ebagg wrote: »

Wow this has been a tragic year for artistic folks.

Tell me about it!
I can't say I've been all that familiar with his books, though after Jurassic Park came out my Primary School had this book club thing and I ordered the book, but it turned out to be the movie adaption which annoyed me. My Library teacher brought in his copy, so I stole it. I still have the book.
I might have to pick up a few of his other books based on what a few others above have mentioned.

-caseyjones

Joshua Stubbles · Nov 2008

fak
Loved some of his books. Such a loss.

Cojax · Nov 2008

Terrible. Loved his books. Left his mark as a great author.

Jesse Moody · Nov 2008

I wonder if they will take his dna and put it into a piece of amber just like the dino dna to preserve it for years so we can then harvest it and create our own clone to write us more amazing books?

No?

Seriously. This guys writing was awesome and he will be sadly missed. Came as a huge shock as he kept his cancer a secret. Sad. 66 doesn't really seem that old to me. Also I didn't know but he was like 6'9" tall guy.

almighty_gir · Nov 2008

ElysiumGX wrote: »

This is very strange. Only a couple days ago I started and finished reading The Lost World. I didn't like it. I'm sure Jurassic Park is better...but I've seen the movie too many times.

The strange part is, I rarely read any books. But I had the urge to read one of his. Sad to see him go.

you won't be disappointed by jurassic park. he only wrote the lost world because they asked him to write a book to go with the film. but to be honest, when you read the first book, you'll realise all three films were made from the one book, sans the rediculosaurus in movie 3.

baby raptor acting like a parrot sitting on the kids shoulder is awesome

Richard Kain · Nov 2008

I still remember the first time I read Andromeda Strain. A very good science fiction author. One of my favorites from my youth. Jurassic Park was of course significant for me, I've read it through five times. I was also very fond of Congo and Sphere. Their Hollywood equivalents were lack-luster, but the original novels were fantastic. Congo was one of the first books that actually succeeded in scaring me.

flaagan · Nov 2008

All I gotta say is

and :angel:

Saidin311 · Nov 2008

Jurassic Park was awesome. And I also think the Andromeda Strain is a classic. But I wasn't a big fan of most of his other stuff. However his death is still very surprising, sudden and tragic. RIP

RIP Michael Crichton

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