I am saddened by this news:
Author Michael Crichton dead at 66 (AP Article)
The Andromeda Strain (1969) was the first science fiction story I ever read and it was the book that got me hooked on the genre. Crichton, who was very smart and very tall, would have been about 27 when he wrote it. His penchant for the cautionary tale kept me a fan ever since.
Filed under: authors
