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Michael Crichton Dead At 66
Many readers have submitted stories about the death of Michael Crichton. The 66-year-old author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain died unexpectedly Tuesday "after a courageous and private battle against cancer," a press release said. In addition to writing, he also directed such sci-fi classics as Westworld and Runaway. Crichton was married five times and had one child.
I just read some sad news on Slashdot - Sci Fi writer Michael Chrichton was found dead in his Los Angeles home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
It's been confirmed by Netcraft.
If you haven't made a developer cry, you've wasted a day.
I would suggest preserving some of his dna for later cloning but chaos theory dictates that something bad would happen if we tried that. Not sure why, I'm not an expert on chaos theory.
Loose lips lose spit.
Michael Crichton was great author, but also a scientist. He was one of few people who warned about the the dangerous trend of mixing politics into science, especially in regards to global warming.
His Aliens Caused Global Warming speech is a must read.
Holy hell that guy got around. I have only been married once and plan to avoid that trouble in the future.
Travels talks extensively about his beliefs in fortune tellers, auras, astral planes, and spending two weeks talking to a cactus.
That was Marge Simpson, you insensitive clod!
Well, at least one reputable news source has done so.
Similar to the upcoming US election results
An earlier Wikipedia entry that told the truth about his death has been 'corrected'...
Michael Crichton has died on November 5, 2008 after a long, private battle with a velociraptor.
I expected it to end with ...There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
The society for a thought-free internet welcomes you.
A Giant Has Passed
Now, there's no need to poke fun at his height.
Years later scientists will find a mosquito encapsulated in amber and clone a whole theme park full of Crichtons
just make all of the clones of michael crichton you create female so they can't breed. of course, this approach ignores the possibility of spontaneous hermaphroditism or parthenogenic reproduction in a given population of unmonitored feral michael crichtons on say a large remote tropical island
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
...all we have to do is combine his DNA with some amphibian genes and resurrect him.
Full Disclosure: he was always in a State of Fear in the land of the Rising Sun. He was on his way to the Lost World, betting his Odds On a Case of Need to Easy Go to the Next Timeline. After being attacked by the Eaters of the Dead, he was admitted to the ER in a Coma. Turns out he was, after all, The Terminal Man. Let us Prey for him. The funeral will be held at Jurassic Park.
P.S: Did he Grave Descend by overdosing on his Drug of Choice?
P.P.S: Too soon?
Yay for Godwin's Law!!!
Fear the penguin.
> Agreed, though I wouldn't call him a hack.
Please. Just watch 'Twister' if you want evidence of Crichton's hackery.
Jo Harding is a storm chaser. She chases tornadoes. Why does she do this? Because a tornado killed her father!
Ugh.