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A science fiction/thriller novel by Michael Crichton about genetically engineered dinosaurs.
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Nov 14, 2006
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I have read most of Crichton's books. I obviously got sucked into his books with Jurassic Park, Congo, and Sphere. I have continued to read his books through Prey and State of Fear. Crichton's writing has evolved from a lot of science woven into an action story to overwhelmingly science heavy with a good story underneath that.
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Jurassic Park is an entertaining, action filled book that has quite a bit of science and mathematics that enhance the storyline and the characters. Jurassic Park is one book that I look back into my childhood with the fondest of memories and it truly captured my imagination. I wish that everyone could have the same reading experience that I had with Jurassic Park.
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Mind blowing, stunned, left breathless. These are just a few reactions I found myself experiencing after reading Jurassic Park. I really felt like I was there and the detail in each scene seemed to coarse out of the pages into my living room This is certainly not a book for those who can't handle blood and gore. I mean you have Dino's eating people and taking over an island! … more
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I was in 6th grade when I read this book and I had a hard time getting into it. Maybe a I was a little too young.
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This is one of those books that I read and a young teenager and thought "how cool" and after reading it last year, almost 10 years later I was still blown away and even more impressed at the respectable imagery. The movie of course is a 90's classic but the book blows it out of the water. There is such creativity from things as interesting as a pygmy elephant the size of a chicken to the sheer terror of how destructive and ignorant humans can be. Dinosaurs are a child's … more
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review by jsexton1012.
August 11, 2010
I have to say I was very pleased with Jurassic Park. I have been a long time fan of the Steven Spielberg film, but I can honestly say the movie comes up way short compared to the book. The book dips way deeper into the science behind the dinosaurs, and the ethical considerations of building the park. Not to mention, it is much more suspenseful and scary.
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One of my favorite thrillers of all-time and a great modern science fiction novel. Crichton knew how to take real science and combine it with an imaginative plot to create superb fiction.
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Cricton'swbest work, by far, of what happens when man tries his hand t being God. and the dangers inherent with it. Great good and evil characters.
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Crichton's forte was the science of "twenty minutes into the future" -- modern tech with just a little step added to make the impossible believable. He's at the top of his game in this neo-dinosaur thriller that also launched an incredibly well-done film. You get the creepy feeling that someone out there is actually trying to make it happen...
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I love the scientific basis that backs up the plot!
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If you have seen the movies, you will love the book even more
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If you like dinosaurs, you WILL love this book.
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Unless your species evolved sometime after 1993 when Jurassic Park hit theaters, you're no doubt familiar with this dinosaur-bites-man disaster tale set on an island theme park gone terribly wrong. But if Speilberg's amped-up CGI creation left you longing for more scientific background and ... well, character development, check out the original Michael Crichton novel. Although not his best book (get ahold of sci-fi classic The Andromeda Strain for that), Jurassic Park fills out the film version's kinetic story line with additional scenes, dialogue, and explanations while still maintaining Crichton's trademark thrills-'n'-chills pacing. As ever, the book really is better than the movie. -- Paul Hughes
ISBN-10:
0345370775
ISBN-13:
978-0345370778
Author:
Michael Crichton
Genre:
Thriller,
Intelligent Science Fiction
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf,
Ballantine Books
Date Published:
1990
Format:
Novel
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