...passed away today, at age 66, of cancer.

This is very sad news for me. The first adult novel I ever read was The Lost World, written by him. He sparked my imagination in ways I haven't felt before or since the day I read it. I credit him with making me love dinosaurs, and perhaps, my first fledgling thoughts of fantasy, of the worlds beyond reality.

I have an entire shelf in my personal library devoted to his work. Nonfiction and technothriller, dinosaurs, disasters, medical breakthroughs, time travel. Adventures. It takes a damned good writer to make science interesting, and he did a hell of a job.

Thank you Michael, may you rest in peace.

~DragonHeart~