Jaws author Peter Benchley dead...

[annec]

This guy's book and subsequent Spielberg movie scared the crap out of me...

...Now my fear of water can die with him!

 

[ndrwrld]

" show me the way to go home " ...
fantastic book.
great movie too.

 

[alma]

i learned the word 'absofuckinutely' out of my sister's copy of the book.

i read that he turned to shark conservation issues in his later years.

 

[salad]

That totally bites.

 

[LivingRoomPornstar]

that book was scary, start to FINish

 

[acheron]

Benchley's bibliography:
fiction
* 1974 Jaws
* 1976 The Deep
* 1979 The Island
* 1982 The Girl of the Sea of Cortez
* 1986 Q Clearance
* 1989 Rummies
* 1991 Beast
* 1994 White Shark
* 1997 Peter Benchley's Creature

Non-fiction

* 1994 Ocean Planet: Writings and Images of the Sea
* 2001 Shark Trouble: True Stories About Sharks and the Sea
* 2002 Shark!: True Stories and Lessons from the Deep
* 2005 Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks and the Sea

...seems to have a bit of a speciality. RIP.

unavailable for questioning.

 

[patri©k]

Jaws was a movie that fucked me up as a kid.

I have a fear of deep/large bodies of water (or at least going into them and/or flying over them).

 

[Flashy_McFlash]

RIP...loved this movie.

I can't wait for the video game! Brought to you by the makers of Ecco the Dolphin!