06 November 2008

All Ahead Alliteration


From The Sound of Settled Science on smalldeadanimals.com, we time-and-place-warp back to Michael Crichton, of Jurassic Park fame, when he and friends apparently walloped some unsuspecting global warming alarmists with this little essay. Whenever I see Crichton's name mentioned, and it was because he died recently, I become alert. He borrowed my name and subspecialty profession without asking for one of his characters in one of his books. I forget which one. Now that I think about it and seeing as how he has cashed in his chips early, I guess it's OK. Requiescat in pace.

2 comments:

Nicole said...

Wow, Ken. I never heard that story of the name and job purloining. As a huge ER fan, I was sorry to hear about Crichton's passing. I have to wonder if his cancer was the reason for this being the show's last season.

Ken & Carol said...

It's true. One of my classmates pointed it out to me. Crichton graduated in '69, four years after me.

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