http://direkraken.com Monstrous coverage of all things geeky. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:36:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://direkraken.com/scifi/rip-michael-crichton/ http://direkraken.com/scifi/rip-michael-crichton/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:33:08 +0000 KnightFall http://direkraken.com/?p=80 I just read that Michael Crichton died.  There will be a lot of stories about him over the next several days, but I just wanted to make a quick comment.  I think Crichton did a lot to help legitamize Sci-Fi as a genre.  He may not  have written “hard” Sci-Fi like Asimov or others, but he always had that edge there.  Personally, I always liked Timeline (the book, not the movie), but I encourage everyone to read at least one Crichton novel in their life.  You may get hooked and read them all.

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