RIP:
It’s hard to fathom it now, but Crichton was directly responsible for mainstreaming such issues as DNA technology, Japanese/American business relations, sexual harassment, the dot-com bubble, virtual reality, nanotechnology and the nightmare that is the modern airline industry. Those who will miss Crichton the most are not the 12 year-olds who read his work (usually their first “adult” novel) with wide-eyed awe at the wonders presented, but the producers of 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, and 20/20, for it was his imagination that gave them countless hours of content.