I have recently learned that Dr. Crichton has just passed away because of a heroic battle with cancer, and it came to me as a shock when, trying to verify this news that I just received from a fellow Crichton fan, I typed the key words in the search engine and found out that he really indeed passed away.
He had written a slew of great novels with the edginess that only a doctor and scientist can bring to hard science fiction: Congo, Andromeda Strain, Sphere, Jurassic Park. I have recently read Timeline and man, this is a mindblower of a novel, and his statements of multiverses would bother a skeptic even. And I am planning to buy his other novels as I hit the bookstores.
His style seems to talk to you, like a lecturer who is comfortable with his students, and whose tone speaks of a sureness of surgeon excising a tumor, and whose endings bring relief that somehow, his suspense has abated, although a certain panic remains with the great possibilities of his scientific, oftentimes, challenging theories about life and the world.
He will be sorely missed, a great man, writer, director, doctor, scientist. Heaven has now a splendid and great novelist among the ranks of the saints.
Farewell, Doc, Godspeed.
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I have not read any of his books. Most of my friends have leafed through some of his novels, though. I reckon he must be a prolific writer. Life is indeed short, but creativity will always prolong one’s legacy.
if you can, try reading anyone of his books, you’ll enjoy it. I personally recommend Congo, Sphere, and Andromeda Strain. Thanks Man!
Love the book NEXT written by Michael Crichton..
I got a sneak peak at the bookstore, and I got that on my NEXTHAVE LIST! LOL, You be happy and blessed, okay! Life is beautiful to the strong and wise.