Michael Crichton Preserved in Amber

National - 2009

Influential science fiction writer Michael Crichton will be preserved in amber, sources close to the Crichton family said yesterday.

 As explained in a cartoon video at the funeral, Crichton’s DNA will be preserved in amber for later sequencing as technology improves. Any gaps in his genetic code will be filled by DNA from West African Frogs. Scientists will replicate Crichton’s DNA and let it incubate in an ostrich egg, from which they hope a baby Crichton will hatch. The Crichton family has bought Isla Nublar, a small island 90 miles west of Costa Rica, in hope that it will serve as a compound for the new Michael. Though plans for a giant power grid on the island have had some obstacles, the family is confident the island will be fully operational in time to safely house the beast.

Some have hypothesized that this means trouble. Dr. Ian Malcolm, chaos theorist and Chrichton family physician, is an outspoken critic of the plan. “We've been down this road before," explained Malcolm, "If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, expands to new territory, and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously. I am terrified of a world with gigantic Michael Crichtons running around and destroying Los Angeles.” 

Family members have been adamant in their support of the project. “The important thing for Dad is that life finds a way,” say his children. In lieu of flowers, mourners are asked to send donations to INGEN.

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