Michael Crichton, equiescat in pace ...

[Joe Allonby]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Robin Landseadel <
robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> I asked him two questions. First, "how much money did you make on
> 'The Andromeda Strain' ?", probably the one book that turned Sci-Fi into
> a major Pop phenomenon. The teacher was shocked by my question,
> and told me it was out of bounds, which was news to me. I also asked
> him if he did his own research on "Dealing, or the Berkeley-to-Boston
> 40 brick lost bag blues", a book serialized in Playboy. I guess he was
> between a rock and a hard place, and mumbled how his brother [who
> collaborated with him on that book] did the research, though his laugh
> kinda betrayed his evasion.
>
> J Cantor, when approached with such questions, appointed me official "Class
Clown". He then went on to explain the important role of the court jester
and the need for the subversive for a society to flourish. Crichton made
more money, but Cantor got the McArthur grant and is much funnier.
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