taksraven Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 But not necessarily for ER and Jurassic Park, which all of the media was mentioning in the obits. I think that his best works were The Andromeda Strain (good book AND film, a rare combination) and Westworld. He was really plagiarising himself with Jurassic Park, which was a Westworld ripoff. We will miss him and his genius. Taksraven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerwalk25 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 He will be missed indeed. Of the many books I read (Congo, Sphere, Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park etc.) I liked his semi-autobiographical book Travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowerV2 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Those were good books. He will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion21 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 He was a great author, I loved his books. A literary loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I found his later books rather weaker than the earlier ones; The Andromeda Strain I think is my favourite. And we do have him to thank for making dinosaurs freakin' awesome again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 He will be missed, an excellent author and story teller who made science fun and accessible to the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I found his later books rather weaker than the earlier ones; The Andromeda Strain I think is my favourite. And we do have him to thank for making dinosaurs freakin' awesome again. x2 His later books were pure C-movie stuff, but Andromeda and the dinosaurs rule the earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 News of his passing came as a shock. Sphere, Congo and Jurassic Park were among some of my favorite books growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 He was a much better film writer than a novelist (even his best books seemed more like novelizations of upcoming movies to me), but his films could be thrilling and interesting (still love Westworld, as hokey as it is). I met him once at a bookstore I worked at about ten years ago. He was obviously tired, but kind and gracious (and very, very tall). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scream Man Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 My favourite Novel is Timeline (And the movie was horrendously bad) but after that his stuff became SO-So. Prey was ok, State of Fear was pretty good, but Next was terrible. Illl miss the guy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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