{"id":2056,"date":"2008-11-05T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T18:30:04","slug":"rip-michael-crichton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2056","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Michael Crichton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SRIOpFiUgFI\/AAAAAAAACM0\/FymQRyKkYDQ\/s1600-h\/z110508michael_crichton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265287013373083730\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SRIOpFiUgFI\/AAAAAAAACM0\/FymQRyKkYDQ\/s400\/z110508michael_crichton.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Michael Crichton<\/span> died yesterday at the age of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">66<\/span> from cancer. I was totally shocked to read the news since I had no idea that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mr. Crichton<\/span> had been ill.<\/span><\/span><\/span>Most folks know <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Michael Crichton<\/span> as the author of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">best selling novel<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jurassic Park<\/span>, which became the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">blockbuster movie<\/span> of the same name. Many of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mr. Crichton&#8217;s novels<\/span> were turned into movies: <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;The Andromeda Strain,&#8221; &#8220;The Great Train Robbery,&#8221; &#8220;Congo,&#8221; &#8220;The 13th Warrior,&#8221;<\/span> and many others made the transition from the written page to the silver screen.<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mr. Crichton<\/span> wrote the screenplay and directed <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Westworld&#8221;<\/span> and was the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">creator<\/span> of the long-running and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">award-winning<\/span> TV series<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> E.R.<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Michael Crichton<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> was a man of many talents, but his greatest was his ability to create impossible stories and fuse in just enough science to make them seem possible. I&#8217;ve read almost <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">all of the books<\/span> written under his own name and have enjoyed every one. I still have a couple sitting in my <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;To Be Read&#8221; Bookcase<\/span>. I think, perhaps, when it is time to start a new novel, I&#8217;ll pull one down.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Our thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Crichton&#8217;s family, friends and fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Crichton died yesterday at the age of 66 from cancer. 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