Michael Crichton Dead At 66 388
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.
Sad news ... Michael Chrichton, dead at 66 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't think there's consensus (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't think there's consensus (Score:5, Funny)
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.
A Giant Has Passed (Score:4, Funny)
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. [michaelcrichton.net]
Married 5 times? (Score:1, Funny)
Holy hell that guy got around. I have only been married once and plan to avoid that trouble in the future.
Re:Recently finished reading Travels (Score:2, Funny)
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!
Re:Funny how you never see... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, at least one reputable news source [theonion.com] has done so.
The Wikipedia on Michael Crichton... (Score:5, Funny)
Michael Crichton has died on November 5, 2008 after a long, private battle with a velociraptor. [wikipedia.org]
reading the summary... (Score:3, Funny)
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.
berry fuddy (Score:4, Funny)
A Giant Has Passed
Now, there's no need to poke fun at his height.
Too soon? (Score:1, Funny)
Years later scientists will find a mosquito encapsulated in amber and clone a whole theme park full of Crichtons
easy solution (Score:5, Funny)
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
Re:Married 5 times? (Score:3, Funny)
Divorced twice: you make bad choices.
Divorced three times: you're a ... challenge to get along with.
Divorced four times: you're a colossal dick.
Just some observations I've made about human nature throughout the years.
Don't worry... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'm sorry to hear it... (Score:3, Funny)
P.S: Did he Grave Descend by overdosing on his Drug of Choice?
P.P.S: Too soon?
Re:The Wikipedia on Michael Crichton... (Score:4, Funny)
Now there's a real tribute. Add in a few XKCD [xkcd.com] comics and you've got a proper shrine.
Re:disagree strongly (Score:4, Funny)
Re:For those that don't get the joke (Score:1, Funny)
> 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.