What legacy did Michael Crichton leave behind?

[Astronuc]

'Jurassic Park' author, 'ER' creator Crichton dies
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/11/05/obit.crichton/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show "ER" and wrote the best-sellers "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain," "Sphere" and "Rising Sun," has died in Los Angeles, his public relations firm said in a news release.

Crichton died unexpectedly Tuesday "after a courageous and private battle against cancer," the release said.

He was 66.

Crichton, a medical doctor, was attracted to cautionary science tales.

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The Andromeda Strain was the first Crichton book I read as a kid.

 

[Proton Soup]

that's a bummer, he wasn't even old, yet

 

[tribdog]

His book Timeline sucked, but in it he talks about the two slit experiment. I got interested in that so I went online and looked up physics and found physics forums. So if you want to blame anyone blame him.

 

[waht]

"Sphere" was good

 

[binzing]

WHAT? no...thats a huge bummer for Sci Fi, etc.

 

[waht]

WHAT? no...thats a huge bummer for Sci Fi, etc.

Yea, Arthur C. Clarke, and Kurt Vonnegut went recently.

 

[binzing]

I know...just hoping Bradbury doesn't go next...

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Damn... That's too bad.

I read his last book Next about genetic engineering and gene therapy. I wonder if he researched all the material in the book due to his own health problems.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

oh man, terrible news. damn cancer! We need a cure now!

 

[Cyrus]

Very interesting criticism of Environmentalism.

 

[Danger]

I just got home from my pool match, put on the CTV news, and the first thing that came on was the notification of his death. I can't say that he was a great man, or otherwise praise something that I know nothing about, but he was a great writer. As with Astro, I read 'The Andromeda Strain' when I was still a child. I think that it came out about the same time as 'Binary' and 'Zero Cool', which I also have... but the intelligence and scientific believability behind his stories set him apart. He will be missed.

 

[Andre]

That's very sad. A truly great mind not only for SF or ER. Much of his work will only be appreciated in a decade or two.

 

[hypatia]

I enjoyed his work very much. Sad to hear that he passed. Funny, I had no idea that he was a medical doctor.