Author Michael Crichton dies

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Sci-Fi Giant Michael Crichton Dies at 66



Popular sci-fi author Michael Crichton died Tuesday of cancer. He was 66 and was battling the illness privately, according to his family.

Crichton was author of several blockbuster novels, including The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park, and also created the hit TV series ER.

"Through his books, Michael Crichton served as an inspiration to students of all ages, challenged scientists in many fields, and illuminated the mysteries of the world in a way we could all understand," his family said in a statement, according to the Associated Press.

Crichton's 1971 Andromeda Strain tapped into a nation's fascination with space travel in the heady days of the Apollo program with the terrifying possibility that a virus would be returned to Earth, mysteriously killing nearly everyone — except a baby and old man with an ulcer — in a remote New Mexico town.

But it was with Jurassic Park and his collaboration with Steven Spielberg 20 years later that Crichton hit the big time with another tale of science taunted and gone awry with potentially catastrophic effects.

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He was supposed to release a new book this December too! Too bad we will probably never read it now.

RIP to a great author.

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Originally Posted by Euphoria

He was supposed to release a new book this December too! Too bad we will probably never read it now.

RIP to a great author.

if it was due to come out in december i am sure it will be released though it might be next year instead of this one.