While we’re all still reeling from the election results, another story caught my eye today. Author Michael Crichton died yesterday of cancer at age 66. Wow; Crichton was one of my youthful inspirations to become a writer. He practically invented the technothriller genre with books like The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park (which I still think was his masterpiece). Few do it as well, and almost none better.
Reading that makes me feel like did in 2001 when I heard that Douglas Adams died. Another talent lost.