Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
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- ISBN: 0345370775
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- Pub. Date: November 1991
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Synopsis
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Creatures once extinct now roam Jurassic Park, soon-to-be opened as a theme park. Until something goes wrong...and science proves a dangerous toy....
"Wonderful...Powerful."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
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One of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true--an astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Creatures that have been extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park, where all the world can visit them--for a price. Until something goes wrong. "Frighteningly real . . . it'll keep you riveted."--Detroit News.
Publishers Weekly
An island off Costa Rica will soon be the world's most ambitious theme park--a dinosaur preserve. A visionary financier's biotechnology company has succeeded in cloning these extinct reptiles. Fifteen different species, presumably incapable of breeding, are now placidly roaming around, but Jurassic Park's resident mathematician, an expert in chaos theory, predicts that the animals' behavior is inherently unstable. When a rival genetics firm attempts to steal frozen dinosaur embryos, things go haywire. Two cute American kids, eight-year-old Tina and 11-year-old Tim, a safari guide from Kenya and a Denver paleontologist set things aright--almost. Though the dinosaurs here are more interesting than the people, Crichton ( The Andromeda Strain ) ingeniously interweaves details of genetic engineering, computer wizardry and current scientific controversy over dinosaurs to fashion a scary, creepy, mesmerizing techno-thriller with teeth. It can be read as a thought-provoking fable about technological hubris and the hazards of bioengineering. 150,000 first printing; Literary Guild main selection; movie rights sold to Steven Spielberg/Universal Pictures . (Nov.)
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It stands to reason that someone with as many pursuits as Michael Crichton (novelist, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, director, software engineer, M.D.) might achieve only modest success in any of them. But Crichton somehow excels at them all. His books, suffused with his scientific research and knowledge, never fail to present imaginative, chilling scenarios that jump from historical capers to futuristic sci-fi.
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JURASSIC PARK.....by Crazydude14
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11/12/2009: This was the first adult book that I have ever read,(I'm only 11), and I loved it. I automatically bought the second book right when I was finished. This book had a hard vocabulary, but still was great. This is really not a childrens book. There is very very strong language, violence, and gore. I cannot wait to read the second. If you are a fan of Michael Chrichton, read it today!!!!!
I Also Recommend: The Lost World.
Yes!!!by BookThiefGT
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10/23/2009: I read this astoundingly good piece of literature over 5 years ago and was totally surprised at how different it was from the movie(which rules). This book hands down turned me on to M.C.'S work. I am a huge fan of his books and even though most of his books take at least 100 pages to set the story, once it is set, you wont be able to put it down. So read this book.
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