November 05, 2008

Farewell Michael Crichton


Michael Crichton passed away yesterday after a long fight with cancer. Personally, I have only read two of his books: Sphere (on Or's recommendation) and Prey, and wasn't blown away by them. I however have to admit that I like this genre, for which he pioneered.

Crichton's battle with cancer probably went back to more than 5 years, as he seems to have been the victims of delusions over this time period. For example, he was ferociously challenging that climate change is caused by man-made greenhouse gases emissions... Sad faith for such an illustrious scientific writer!

Which of Crichton's work did you prefer? Jurassic Park? ER? Airframe? Sphere? Congo?

1 comment:

Tube Reader said...

Was that a vote for Jurassic Park? I don't get your post...