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RIP Michael Crichton 1942-2008


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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.

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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.

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His later books were pure C-movie stuff, but Andromeda and the dinosaurs rule the earth.

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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).

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