RIP, Michael Crichton

1942-2008.

Crichton was born in Chicago, and sort of made a career out of being his own scientist. His book State of Fear caused a flap in the environmental science community because it was felt he wasn't helping the fight against global warming. Crichton defended himself saying that he wanted to interpret the data for himself.

I read The Andromeda Strain about two or three years after it came out, and it piqued my interest in science (an interest that continues to this day).

He died after a private battle with cancer. I guess he followed the same course of action he followed in his books.