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09 November

Michael Crichton... RIP
Mood: Solemn

Michael Crichton passed away several days ago from cancer. It's a sad loss. Interestingly enough he played a tiny part in my life.

Many years ago while I was in college I made a small little Macintosh shareware game called "Concentroids from Planet X". Yes, a pretty lame name. It was basically a "memory" game, with customizable tile dimensions. I asked for $5 donations. I think I ended up getting around $300 total from it (not bad if you think about it).

One day I received a large somewhat-anonymous yellow package. I opened it up, and it was this book:



"Cool", I thought. Then I opened up the book and I saw this:



In Michael Crichton's handwriting, he wrote:

To Hiep Dam -
With best wishes from an admirer of "Concentroids"!


I thought that was extremely cool. And I still do. Way better than any kind of monetary compensation. Thank you, Michael. That book is something I will always cherish... Rest in peace.

posted at 00:06:33 on 11/09/08 by Hiep - Category: News Items

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