Jurassic Park
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Add a SummaryIf Michael Crichton’s modern techno-thriller was born with Andromeda Strain, then it reached maturity with Jurassic Park. This 1990 novel combines genetic engineering with the classic Frankenstein. The story centers on a biological theme park masterminded by Hurdy Gurdy man John Hammond and financed by a high powered corporate multi-national called InGen. Using new genetic engineering technologies, InGen’s team engineer dinosaurs using ancient genetic material trapped in amber. These creatures are to be showcased at a theme park on an island off the coast of Costa Rica. While Hammond sees only dollar signs and happy patron’s faces, the enterprise has been plagued with problems long before the park is due to open. Concurrent to the Park’s development, attacks have been occurring on the Costa Rican mainland attributed to “aberrant life forms” as well as fatal dinosaur attacks on park workers, resulting in InGen’s investors requiring a full review of the park, particularly of its safety. To placate the investors, Hammond solicits paleontologist Alan Grant, and his paleobotanist graduate student Ellie Sadler to assess the park, along with chaotician Ian Malcolm and InGen lawyer, Donald Gennaro. Hammond is clearly delusional; He and his team are essentially playing God, attempting to create a theme park a la Disney World, where the main attraction is live dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptors and many other species, about which scientists know nothing. While extraordinary modern computers, sensors and automation gives the impression that the park is under control, Hammond fails to recognize that disgruntled head computer programmer, Dennis Nedry, is about to throw a monkey wrench. A rival genetics company has offered Nedry millions of dollars for embryos of the dinosaurs. In order to access these he must turn off the park security features. Nedry is killed by a dinosaur while attempting to smuggle the embryos to the island’s dock and a waiting confederate. Slowly, the dinosaurs realize the security fences are dead and they get free. Chaotician Ian Malcolm had predicted that the park would fail and now he is shown to be correct as everyone on the island must fight for survival in a lost world where humans are merely prey.
A genetics company called InGen run by John Hammond discovers a way to harvest the once extinct dinos. Alan Grant a plaeontologist, Ellie Sattler his love interest who is into plants, and Ian Malcolm a talented mathematician in Chaos theory. Lots of suspense and action great for dino lovers!
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Violence: In regards to the whole dinosour theme there is a fair bit of violence, and at times a bit detailed.
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Add a CommentI loved the movie, and since i love to read i wished the this had been a book, and when i was watching the end credits a noticed it WAS based on a novel and right away went to the library to get this book. I could NOT put it down and even before i finished it i bought the sequel. I truly recommend this book. but it does have some graphic details that may be a little disturbing
In my honest opinion, the book version of Jurassic Park is much better than the movie version, because it is more graphic, more intense, and yet it leaves you with a description that is detailed, but not so much that it forces you to see the events the same way as someone else...in other words, YOU, the reader, get to imagine how you think that it would look. Don't get me wrong, I love the movie, but the book - as I already said - is so much better. But that's just me. Anyways, I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who loves a good, fast-paced techno-thriller and who loves (or just likes) dinosaurs.
This book is for people who really enjoy fast and action paced books. This is a real page turner and i would highly recommend this to anyone who likes dinosaurs
This book is pretty interesting, but tends to be slightly confusing if you are not fully engaged in understanding what's going on at all times. I read this book, because I was looking for a book that was adventurous and exciting, and this was good enough. It was about people who discovered a way to bring back dinosaurs, and things start going wrong. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about scientific things, and love exciting, challenging things to read.
Riveting.Beautifully paced. Very suspensful and vastly entertaining. This has to Michael's best. It flawlessly blended intricate plots with pure entertainment! However, it is classified under science fiction for a reason, which means that not everyone may enjoy it, which is a true shame because this is one work of art that no one could ever come close to. Michael Crichton is a genious!
There is a category of books I think of as "readable". Novels in that vein may feature characters who are somewhat shallow, plots that aren't very well developed and some of the story may seem silly or contrived but the book as a whole is enjoyable. Jurassic Park is one of those novels.
I like the movie more I think. The T-Rex is the greatest when it chomps the raptors!!!
This was the first "chapter book" I ever read, and for a kid really into dinosaurs and science it really delivered. Parents, get this book out for your little ones! It really will lead them towards some pretty interesting science and math, like chaos theory and genetic engineering, and even gets into the issues surrounding these subjects (what happens to the ecosystem when you introduce GM crops? Is it possible to predict anything, let alone the weather?) Very very highly recommended.
EEK! Love it. Riveting, dino-filled, gooey, love-fest! Although I haven't read anything by him that wasn't awesome. It's just to be expected really. And Ian Malcolm is probably my favorite literary character ever; I don't care if he spent most of the book high.
This book rocks! I am currently on my seventh (beleive it or not) time reading this book! Michael Crichton has done something amazing in the way that he's taken this idea, that would never be beleived to be true and he's made it seem as though it REALLY COULD HAPPEN. My fav charachters are Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcom for sure. Ian is hilarious and Ellie is strong, smart and awesome! I reccomend people to read this book, it's awesome!