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EmilyBlips I really really really don't like the way they put "Died Unexpectedly" in quotes. In fact, that headline is sort of awful anyways.
Also: holy crap : /
Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies "Unexpectedly" [Michael Crichton]
io9 —
... harassment case in Disclosure that was so strange that it might as well have been science fiction. And in Airframe, he explored how an airline accident is misinterpreted by scandal-loving media. Crichton brought a realism to biotech science fiction that hadn't existed before he began writing in the early 1970s, and his influence lives on in scifi-inflected genome thrillers like Species and medical detective franchises like House. Michael Crichton Dies [via ET]
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Michael Crichton: 1942-2008
Tor.com —
... , creator of the TV show ER, and best known as the writer of Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, and Lost World, has died today unexpectedly. He was 66. ...
Daily Scan for 11.06.08 -- Gort Is Unmasked, Crichton Is Departed
SciFi Scanner —
... • This is pretty rough: Michael Crichton, noted science fiction author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, has died of cancer. What a pity -- he had more than a few scifi books still in him. ...
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