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The author of 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Andromeda Strain' died today at age 66 of cancer.

Read the story here:http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hwqg ... gD94904FG0



Dawn

Aw, thats a shame. I hope he stuck it to his ex wife. Eh, just because.
Eaters of the Dead, Jurassic Park, and The Terminal Man are my favorites.
Sphere was good, too.

I thought his earlier stuff (Andromeda Strain, Eaters of the Dead, etc) was much better then his later stuff. Just seemed like in his later stuff he was writing screenplays instead of novels (Disclosure especially). Was still good popcorn fiction though. RIP.

glg wrote:I thought his earlier stuff (Andromeda Strain, Eaters of the Dead, etc) was much better then his later stuff. Just seemed like in his later stuff he was writing screenplays instead of novels (Disclosure especially). Was still good popcorn fiction though. RIP.

I was unaware he wrote 'Andromeda Strain' until I read the obit. I loved the original movie (as opposed to the abomination they just aired on TV). Right now, I'm reading my copy of 'Jurassic Park', and after that I'll see if I can scrounge up a copy of 'Andromeda Strain' to read, too.


Dawn

DeeEss57 wrote: I was unaware he wrote 'Andromeda Strain' until I read the obit. I loved the original movie (as opposed to the abomination they just aired on TV). Right now, I'm reading my copy of 'Jurassic Park', and after that I'll see if I can scrounge up a copy of 'Andromeda Strain' to read, too.

He wrote a number of excellent books. As Geoff said, Crichton wrote good "popcorn fiction". In addition to Andromeda Strain, I'd also recommend Airframe and Sphere. I like most of his books but I think those are two of his better efforts.

Jim

Mothman wrote:He wrote a number of excellent books. As Geoff said, Crichton wrote good "popcorn fiction". In addition to Andromeda Strain, I'd also recommend Airframe and Sphere. I like most of his books but I think those are two of his better efforts.

Jim

Is 'Sphere' the one they made into a movie with Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel S Jackson? It was a pretty decent movie and should make a better book.


Dawn

DeeEss57 wrote:Is 'Sphere' the one they made into a movie with Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel S Jackson? It was a pretty decent movie and should make a better book.

Yes, that's the one they based that movie on but the book is much, much better.

Jim

Mothman wrote:
Yes, that's the one they based that movie on but the book is much, much better.

Jim

As are most books turned into movies. It's hard to condense a 400-500 page novel into a movie without cutting two-thirds of it out. Unless you want the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy.



Dawn