Wednesday, November 5, 2008

While One Rises, Another Falls

I'm sad to report that Michael Crichton lost his long running battle with cancer yesterday. The Andromeda Strain was a formative part of my childhood, as was Jurassic Park, and I can thank both for my love of good sci fi and my unending interest in microbiology.


2 comments:

ajd said...

The Times had a good article on his passing that I meant to share with you when I read it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/books/06appr.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=michael%20crichton&st=cse&oref=slogin

Anonymous said...

I had no idea (and notice that the previous poster is my husband - did I mention that our fun for the evening is discussing poop) - what a loss!