In less cheerful news

[cleolinda]

Author Michael Crichton dies at 66.

Comments

[chocotaku.livejournal.com]

He resparked the love of dinosaurs in the world.

[bluinkalchemist.livejournal.com]

I will admit that I still own a copy of Jurassic Park (as well as The Andromeda Strain iirc) and this bums me out a bit.

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

Indeed - there is a loss.

[scarletsherlock.livejournal.com]

2008 HATES OUR GUTS.

My childhood is breaking. Oh, it hurts. :(

[nmessina.livejournal.com]

:(

[chocotaku.livejournal.com]

The end of the year news piece for this year of all the people who have left us is going to fucking break my heart to pieces for hours.

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

Oh no. D: Jurassic Park is one of my favorite books.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Oh that is a shame.

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

Dammit. I love his books and the early years of ER....dammit. :(

[bizarreoptimism.livejournal.com]

This makes me sad -- even if I'm still turning cartwheels over the election. The "Jurassic Park"/"Lost World" novels are two of my favorite books EVER.

Sad. He was still pretty _young_ ...

[suaine.livejournal.com]

Damn, another good one down.

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

PEOPLE IN THEIR SIXTIES NEED TO STOP DYING. It sets a bad precedent.

[dunkle-feuer.livejournal.com]

Shit! That is indeed sad. And I think I just broke my son's heart with the news. He is such a huge fan of him, most of all of Jurassic Park, but also of his other books.

[amberdulen.livejournal.com]

And 2008 is only, like, 5/6ths over.

[prix-etoile.livejournal.com]

WHAT.

I have read all of his books and this just kills me :(

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

Oh no! I loved Jurassic Park so much. :(

2008 has only gotten one thing right the entire year. (hint, it happened recently)

[oceans-heart.livejournal.com]

Shit...

[megalion.livejournal.com]

damn it!

I really liked his books and he's also the one who brought us ER which I love warts and all. His last book Next was great!!

[janetlin.livejournal.com]

Dude, what the hell is up with 2008?!

[amleto.livejournal.com]

OMG. I'm going to go cry in a corner now.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Even though I didn't read anything past The Lost World, I'm really sad about this. I made a post (http://spectralbovine.livejournal.com/142883.html).

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I liked several of his novels, especially Jurassic Park, but I can't say I'm not relieved that he won't be around to argue against global warming.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that whole thing sort of disillusioned me, but Teenage Me still loves him.

[erinya.livejournal.com]

That was my thought. I may be a bad person.

[rinnamarie.livejournal.com]

OMG... I'm so shocked! Now we're all going to end up stuck reading John Grisham books on airplanes.

And SERIOUSLY no one else needs to die this year. This is getting RIDICULOUS.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

OMG... I'm so shocked! Now we're all going to end up stuck reading John Grisham books on airplanes.

And this, of course, is the *real* tragedy in all this.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

Can we go back to wishing 2008 was over now?

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Aw. That's so sad. :(

[violet-anchovy.livejournal.com]

Sad that there won't be any more fun, gripping books from him.

Less sad that there won't be any more critics fictionalized as child-rapists by him. The Michael Crowley thing really tainted Crichton for me.

[cpip.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I liked Crichton's early works, but his later stuff, and his politics... yeah. Much like Orson Scott Card in that respect.

[vwlphb.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. He was my favorite author for a long time. Until I was about 11, I very seriously wanted to be a paleontologist, and Jurassic Park was my favorite book and movie. I've read pretty much every book he's written except for the two most recent ones.

That's so sad :(

[demonoflight.livejournal.com]

Shoot, my dad has all of his books.

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

This... right here... breaks my heart. I feel too sad to even cry about this.

[pennylane1942.livejournal.com]

thaaaaat's pretty upsetting. :'(

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

*looks at calendar*

Oh, that's right... 2008 isn't over yet. Damn.

[serenityfreak.livejournal.com]

T_T He's been my favorite author for a majority of my life. What's weird is I just made my roommate read Eaters of the Dead and she'd finished it the other day. A sad year indeed.

[ruffwriter.livejournal.com]

What? No! D:

[elf-wannabe88.livejournal.com]

Aw, man. That is sad. :( Too bad my copy of Timeline is at home; I feel the need to reread.

[abandonreality.livejournal.com]

Well shit.. didn't even know he had cancer.

I love his books, I have most in paperback and Jurassic Park/Lost World in hardback. I'm gonna miss him.

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

*falls dramatically to her knees*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Why is everyone cool dying this year? Why?!

Sigh. I grew up on ER. I really did. And my dad is gonna miss Crichton's books; he was a huge fan. Owns almost all of 'em, I think.

[toritoribird.livejournal.com]

Only 57 days of 2008 left. Hopefully, the curse will be lifted...

[flaxenescapee.livejournal.com]

WHAT? NO!!

[foster9563.livejournal.com]

I'm literally speechless. That makes twice today, although the feeling associated is very different.

[crackedwraith.livejournal.com]

*cry* ;_;

[heero.livejournal.com]

;______;

So many happy memories from my childhood/teenage years. And adult years, really. Still can't believe it, sigh.

Stupid 2008.

[bri-chan.livejournal.com]

Well shit. First Stan Winston, now Michael Crichton. This needs to stop dammit.