Thanks for the link, Stuart! I'm going to have to play Amazon eventually. I also want to grab all his books he wrote under his aliases - many of them are VERY rare and I wish they'd have reprinted them (they CAN'T be worse than Prey...). Wanted to do a paper on his early writing for a pop culture conference...<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Stuart Feldhamer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stuart.feldhamer@gmail.com">stuart.feldhamer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This post was rejected due to the attachment making it too big.
So here it is again with the attachment uploaded to file sharing site <a href="http://drop.io" target="_blank">drop.io</a>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://drop.io/preserve/asset/trilliumgames" target="_blank">http://drop.io/preserve/asset/trilliumgames</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Stuart</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Stuart Feldhamer
[mailto:<a href="mailto:stuart.feldhamer@gmail.com" target="_blank">stuart.feldhamer@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 05, 2008 9:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'IGDA Game Preservation SIG'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [game_preservation] Michael Crichton, dead at 66</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Sad news indeed. FYI, Amazon was also available for other
platforms, including Apple and IBM PC.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">In the spirit of preservation, I've attached an article I
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Stuart</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<a href="mailto:game_preservation-bounces@igda.org" target="_blank">game_preservation-bounces@igda.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:game_preservation-bounces@igda.org" target="_blank">game_preservation-bounces@igda.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Devin Monnens<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> IGDA Game Preservation SIG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [game_preservation] Michael Crichton, dead at 66</span></p>
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<p>Michael Crichton, famous speculative fiction and thriller
author, died Nov 4 after a long battle with cancer. He was 66.<br clear="all">
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Though he's best known for his novels and his work challenging scientists, he
also wrote the graphical text adventure, <i>Amazon </i>(C64, 1984) and directed
and designed <i>Timeline</i> (Windows, 2000), the game based on his novel.<br>
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<a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/amazon" target="_blank">http://www.mobygames.com/game/amazon</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/timeline" target="_blank">http://www.mobygames.com/game/timeline</a><br>
<a href="http://www.michaelcrichton.com" target="_blank">www.michaelcrichton.com</a><br>
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I was incredibly shocked and saddened to hear this when I got home from work
today. Crichton's work with Jurassic Park was what inspired me to become a
writer. If I hadn't read his novels, chances are I wouldn't be as good a writer
as I am today. I'm sad I never got the chance to meet him, but am grateful for
his work.<br>
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-- <br>
The sleep of Reason produces monsters.<br>
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"Until next time..."<br>
Captain Commando</p>
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