Ya know, I have never read any of his works. Maybe this will be cause to do so!

A great talent is lost. I loved Westworld and just bought my own copy recently. I even made the boy watch.

I am sorry for his families loss.

Noooooo!!!!!

My absolute favorite author is gone. Damnit! And only 66? Way, way too young.

I guess I can stop anticipating his next book now... Shoot.

Damn... maybe that's why the T-rex looked so sad today?

Maybe this will get me to go back and read some of his non-fiction work. His fiction, definitely, is some of my favorite things to read. It was really interesting to read how manipulative the villain in Disclosure was, or how different thing are handled in Rising Sun.

<sighs> So many good books.

My favorite Chrichton book was The Great Train Robbery, based on a true story, but fictionalized. Beyond that, I enjoyed his stories but always found the endings lacking. Without exception.

Pretty much everything he wrote in the last 15 years was execrable and I found many of his personal ideas pretty bad.

But he had some good books in him and I try to remember authors for their heights not their inevitable lows.

I don't think I ever read any of his books but I had the pleasure of seeing him speak at the LA Times Festival of Books many years ago. My son liked his books so we joined the huge crowd waiting to see him. The film of Jurassic Park was pretty recent so the audience was full of kids who wanted to talk about dinosaurs. He was patient and encouraging and I was really impressed by how many kids were excited about reading because of his books (this was pre-Harry Potter).