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11-05-2008, 11:50 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: The Frenchie Farm, Where We Grow 'em Big!
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Michael Crichton Has Died!!!
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11-05-2008, 12:29 PM
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Never lose your sense of wonder..........or wander
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: On Da Beach, Where I Belong
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Very surprising, quite a talent.
His autobiographical Travels is very good reading.
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11-05-2008, 01:08 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lemon Grove, CA USA
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Nnnnnooooooooooooo
Weird timing I've been checking his books out of the library over the last few weeks to reread them. I've got a beat to hell hardback of Jurassic Park at the house waiting to go back right now.
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11-05-2008, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: moved to Charlotte area from Maryland in Nov '07
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He died at such an early age. We are lucky to have had his talents available to us over the years.
RIP
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11-05-2008, 03:19 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
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Noooooooooooo....... say it ain't so. He is one of my favoritest (for emphasis) writers!
My oldest son struggled with reading, even into middle school. From about the fourth grade on, I would let him pick a mystery or adventure story. He would read it during silent reading at school and I would read it at night. The object of the game was to be the first one to figure out the ending of the story- no fair peeking at the back of the book. Along the way we would talk about foreshadowing, flashbacks, red herrings, all those tricks writer's use. It didn't take my son long to discover Micheal Crichton. Along with his legacy of books, he taught my son to love reading, and for that I will be forever grateful.
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11-05-2008, 03:29 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: frozen tundra ;-)
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I just heard this on the news 
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11-05-2008, 04:29 PM
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Not a member
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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I didn't know he was ill with cancer! Another sad loss for us all.
RIP.
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11-06-2008, 05:18 AM
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Moderator for San Francisco & San Jose Forums
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA
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I was pretty shocked to hear it too, since I didn't know he had cancer... RIP. Btw, did you realize he was 6'9"? I read that in an online obit, and was surprised he was so tall! Anyway, it is a sad loss for the literary & movie world. |
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11-06-2008, 05:21 AM
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you'll shoot your eye out, kid.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: southwest houston
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He could take something that seems absolutely absurd (e.g. a theme park with dinosaurs) and make it believable. Not many can do that. He'll be missed.
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11-06-2008, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Warminster PA
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I am very saddened by this news also. I'm not much of a fiction reader but he was one of my favorites. You will be greatly missed Michael. Thank you for all your wonderful writings.
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