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Bummer. He was a great writer, and Jurassic Park is one of my favorite movies. :-(

Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show "ER" and wrote the best-sellers "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain," "Sphere" and "Rising Sun," has died in Los Angeles, his public relations firm said in a news release.

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

He was 66.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/11/05/obit.crichton/index.html

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I was saddened to hear about that. I've read Jurassic Park, The Lost World (JP2), Sphere, a little bit of Congo (It was too boring for my taste, but I did enjoy the movie), Timeline, and The Great Train Robbery.

Crichton had a penchant for detail, and absolutely loved applying his scientific knowledge into his books, and it's always a pleasure to read them.

I may start reading Jurassic Park again this week.

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Damn, Crichton was my favorite writer. I've read pretty much every single one of his books (well, the fiction ones at least). So sad right now, and I was so looking forward to whatever his next book might have been. So the only living author who I enjoying reading now is Dan Brown...

Holy shit... michael chrichton is dead...

he was one of my favorite authors.

god this sucks

My favorite authors:

[x] Douglas Adams

[x] Michael Chrichton

[ ] Robert Ludlum better not die goddamit

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Robert Ludlum died back in 2001...

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