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Major bummer
Sucks man. Big fan of his work...
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I just saw this!
I'm so bummed.
While I didn't love everything he ever wrote, the man was still quite the story spinner and really a visionary within the realms he created and I think this is a tremendous loss to not only the literary communities but also the entertainment industry concidering how many of his books and stories made it to movie form.
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What a drag
I'd put him on my list of favourite authors.
The Andromeda Strain was the first ( and only ) novel I sat down with and read straight through.
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Originally Posted By: Stout
The Andromeda Strain was the first ( and only ) novel I sat down with and read straight through.
Made a damn fine miniseries, too.
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Just found this too.
He rocked! I had no idea he was behind E.R. What a legend!
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I was a big fan. One of the best main stream sci fi authors of our time I think. I didn't like all of his books, like jurasic park seemed like it was intended to be turned into a screen play. But can't blame a guy for wanting to make a lot of money.
He was a good author, he will be missed, their isn't many good sci fi writters anymore.
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Would argue the last part of your post. That about there not being many good SF authors.
Can think of a few off-hand. Dave Freer is excellent. Eric Flint is pretty decent. Alan Dean Foster is good (mostly in the same universe though). Many more that I do not know. Books in general are a very opaque market. How many people will try reading a completely unknown author without a recommendation from a friend? Very few that I know. Like I say, finding the good stuff is hard, Sturgeon's Law is appropriate here....
Never really liked Crichton's work myself, did not find it believable enough somehow.
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Originally Posted By: aston
Never really liked Crichton's work myself, did not find it believable enough somehow.
Hmmm... that's interesting... I always found his work to be more believable than most sci-fi work. Mostly because he never really pushed his stories much beyond Earth or the near future...
But each to their own, I guess.
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