Kevin's Watch

This got eclipsed by Obama's win on November 4th, but I felt he needed his own thread.

Michael Crichton passes away at 66, due to cancer.

I viewed Crichton as one of the cleverest and most thought-provoking writers around, if not quite possessing the most profound prose. Whenever I picked up one of his books and read the blurb, I would inevitably go: damn, what a cool premise, I should read this book! And I did read a number of them. While I ended up generally liking the movie adaptations of his books more than the books themselves, a Michael Crichton story was something I paid attention to.

Farewell, Mr. Crichton. You will be missed by many.

Another death that went almost unnoticed was Jimmy Carl Black, the Indian of the group.

I tended to prefer the books to the movies. Think I walked out of Sphere. Ah well...I had ideological differences with him, but I still liked his books.

--A

i enjoyed Chricton's books. a damned shame.

Same for me. . . I enjoyed his books, but did not care for the movies. Requiescat in pace.