New NY State License Plate Revealed—And Required On All Cars
Cops: Fort Greene Violence Sparked By Chicken Wing Promotion
Access-A-Ride Renders Bike Lane Inaccessible
The UWS Gets Its Very Own Apple Store
64 Things Restaurant Patrons Must NEVER Do
Creator of the television series ER, and writer of novels like "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain," Michael Crichton has died at the age of 66. Though he was fighting a battle with cancer, his family is calling it "an unexpected death." Raised in Roslyn, Long Island, Crichton took some ambitious paths leading him to both Harvard Medical School and Hollywood. His family released a statement saying, "While the world knew him as a great storyteller that challenged our preconceived notions about the world around us -- and entertained us all while doing so -- his wife Sherri, daughter Taylor, family and friends knew Michael Crichton as a devoted husband, loving father and generous friend who inspired each of us to strive to see the wonders of our world through new eyes. He did this with a wry sense of humor that those who were privileged to know him personally will never forget." In December, what is now to be his last novel will be released.
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
sad.LOST totally stole everything from Sphere.
Sad, yes. I loved Andromeda Strain. But his last book State of Fear was a total piece of shit right wing corporatist propaganda piece.
this is just a cover up, the agents at the Digital Matrix corporation nipped him in the bud
His first(?) "Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost Bag Blues" certainly brings back good memories.
maybe an Obama election was too much for him to take?
One less liberal scumbag inhabiting my planet.
I liked the Andromeda Strain novel and original movie, too. But in recent years, he was really going off the deep end. His writing just wasn't believable anymore. Still, he's not the most overrated writer. I leave that honor to Stephen King.
RIP. He's the reason I love dinosaurs.
There went all that "free reading" at the airport.