Author Michael Crichton Dead at 66

This headline has been splashed across all major media outlets as of yesterday morning when it was announced the popular speculative fiction author lost his battle to cancer.

From NPR:

"The master of the "techno thriller," Michael Crichton, has died at the age of 66. He was battling cancer. Crichton was best known for scary stories of science gone wrong in popular books like The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park."

They include a recent interview with the author before he died, remembering an interview with him back in 1999.

Read the full article here.