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The Author That Frightened Us All Dies

Friday, November 7, 2008

HE GAVE the world the much celebrated Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, and ER. Now, I’m going to give him my humble tribute in this post.

The Eaters of the Dead  was my first Crichton. It was the novel that really made me hate him for what he did to me. But that was actually an appreciation of how convincing a writer he is. I appreciated him more in Congo, with which I can so relate–not because I have a Gorilla friend but because It deals with some physics and yes, it’s loaded with adventures.

I have so many attempts at writing the Crichton way but I just don’t have the skill. His is a unique talent that enabled him to come up with masterful novels that affected the lives of many.

To my dear friend, at least because he told me stories and took me to the land of the Norsemen and to Africa,  Michael Crichton, may you rest in peace. With the existence of a huge number of young writers you have inspired, rest assured, literature is in good hands.

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