Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

English language

Published July 15, 2006

ISBN:
978-0-307-34813-5
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Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically re-created dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real world implications. A sequel titled The Lost World, also written by Crichton, was published in 1995. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World. In 1993, Steven Spielberg adapted the book into the blockbuster film Jurassic Park. The book's sequel, The Lost World, was also adapted by Spielberg into a film in 1997. A third film, directed by Joe Johnston and released in 2001, drew several elements, themes, and scenes from both books that were ultimately not utilized in either of the previous films, such as the aviary and boat scenes. The novel began as a screenplay Crichton wrote in 1983, about …

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When I read this book in year 6, everyone thought I was so intelligent because it was one of the thickest books in the school library. But Jurassic Park is an easy read, made even easier by the sheer love of finding out of my favourite movie was based on a book.

I wasn't disappointed; the book has so many more descriptions and explanations that the movie and kept my attention right until the end. If I wasn't already reading four books at once (one of the drawbacks of working in a library), I'd reread it just to soak up the sheer awesomeness of dinosaurs running wild.

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