[game_preservation] Michael Crichton, dead at 66

[Devin Monnens]

Thanks for the link, Stuart! I'm going to have to play Amazon eventually. I
also want to grab all his books he wrote under his aliases - many of them
are VERY rare and I wish they'd have reprinted them (they CAN'T be worse
than Prey...). Wanted to do a paper on his early writing for a pop culture
conference...

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Stuart Feldhamer <
stuart.feldhamer at gmail.com> wrote:


>  This post was rejected due to the attachment making it too big. So here

> it is again with the attachment uploaded to file sharing site drop.io(free plug):

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> http://drop.io/preserve/asset/trilliumgames

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> Stuart

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> *From:* Stuart Feldhamer [mailto:stuart.feldhamer at gmail.com]

> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 05, 2008 9:54 PM

> *To:* 'IGDA Game Preservation SIG'

> *Subject:* RE: [game_preservation] Michael Crichton, dead at 66

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> Sad news indeed. FYI, Amazon was also available for other platforms,

> including Apple and IBM PC.

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> In the spirit of preservation, I've attached an article I scanned from an

> old magazine.

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> Stuart

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> *From:* game_preservation-bounces at igda.org [mailto:

> game_preservation-bounces at igda.org] *On Behalf Of *Devin Monnens

> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:00 PM

> *To:* IGDA Game Preservation SIG

> *Subject:* [game_preservation] Michael Crichton, dead at 66

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> Michael Crichton, famous speculative fiction and thriller author, died Nov

> 4 after a long battle with cancer. He was 66.

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> Though he's best known for his novels and his work challenging scientists,

> he also wrote the graphical text adventure, *Amazon *(C64, 1984) and

> directed and designed *Timeline* (Windows, 2000), the game based on his

> novel.

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> http://www.mobygames.com/game/amazon

> http://www.mobygames.com/game/timeline

> www.michaelcrichton.com

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> I was incredibly shocked and saddened to hear this when I got home from

> work today. Crichton's work with Jurassic Park was what inspired me to

> become a writer. If I hadn't read his novels, chances are I wouldn't be as

> good a writer as I am today. I'm sad I never got the chance to meet him, but

> am grateful for his work.

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> --

> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

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> "Until next time..."

> Captain Commando

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The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

"Until next time..."
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