Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Jurassic Park
Book Review: A Very Important Work in the Realm of Hard S.F.
Summary: 4 Stars
The embodiment of Hard Science is in a character in J.P. named Ian Malcom whose farsightedness is a pure delight whenever he speaks in the novel. I especially enjoyed his, "..life will find a way.." speech. The plot is a tightly wound ball of string that as you read on begins to unravel until everything and everyone is engulfed in utter chaos. Another of Malcom's enjoyable speeches is on the nature of chaos. A very important work, that should have won a pulitzer. A little different from my style, though, so four instead of five stars will do.Book Review: A Wonderfully written book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a huge movie fanatic! I can't stay without watching atleast one movie. I'm also a huge Spielberg fan, and since I've always loved his fantastic movie, I thought I'd give the Book a shot.The book starts with an incident in Costa Rica. A little girl travelling with her family to Costa Rica gets bitten by something that the locals thinks is a vampire. However, after some research on the little girl, the skilled scientists discovers that this is no Vampire or a regular animal attack; she was bitten by a pre-historic lizard.
The lizard then goes through a lot of research by scientist to figure out what type of animal it is and where it came from. This is were the beloved Dr. Alan Grant makes his apperance. The Lizard is sent to Grant, and to his amazement, it's a dinosaur. His partner, Ellie Sattler, who is a Paleobotanist, also gets amazed at the at the sight of it. However, they both have their doubts. How could this dinosaur survive? They died 65 Million Years ago. Only minutes later, Grant gets a phone call from a rich old man named John Hammond. He is the leader of a comany called Ingen, and he wants Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler to come visit his new theme park. Both Grant and Sattler accepts, and they join Lawyer, Donald Gennaro, Mathematician, Ian Malcom, and Computer programer, Dennis Nedry on a flight to Isla Nublar.
On the island, Grant and Sattler are in for a big surprise. John Hammond has over the years at Ingen developed a huge theme park with living dinosaurs. However, the question on everybodys lips is: how did he do this?
The rest of the book I'm not gonna tell you about, you'll just have to read it for yourself, and I highly recommend that you do! Me being a fan of films and Steven Spielberg feel kinda funny saying this, but the book was indeed better than the movie. I knew there were many scenes lost in the movie, but I didn't know there were this many. When I started reading the book, I thought that what would make this book more exciting than the movie? I mean, I've seen every scene, so what can possibly be any better? Well, the death scene of Dennis Nedry, in the movie, he simply just gets spit on, and thats basically it. In the book, it will send chills down your spine...
You must read this book! Michael Crichton shows here what a great writer he really is. It's full of drama, action, suspense, horror, comedy and more. Buy this book today!
Book Review: A book better than the movie
Summary: 5 Stars
It is a very good book and I recomend it to anyone and everyone. If you liked the movie then you'll like the book, even though the book is very different from the movie. WHile everyone was going "Ohhh" and "Ahhh" over the dinosaurs, the reader will be going "Ohhh" and "Ahhh" over the plot. It was fabulously written.Book Review: A book that needs no introduction
Summary: 5 Stars
Has to be the best fiction work ever. Although impossible (DNA lasts less than 100 million years before it completely decays and dinosaurs have been gone 250 million years) but it is a great story anywayBook Review: A book that was ahead of its time
Summary: 5 Stars
When this book came out in 1990, it introduced the general public to the concept of cloning. A decade before the whole cloning controversy took hold, Michael Crichton was ahead of the game, writing a novel about the negative consequences of tampering with nature. Sure, "Jurassic Park" is about cloning large dangerous animals who munch on humans, but the message is all the same. I've read this book at least four times, and each time the book never ceases to thrill and amaze. It's a definite page-turner, and I would recommend setting aside a day or two so you won't have to put it down! :) If you like the movie, you'll like the book even more. It's like the movie to the tenth power. There is more action, more science, more everything. What is so compelling about the story is that it *could* happen. Scientists *could* find dinosaur blood preserved inside the bodies of prehistoric mosquitoes trapped in amber. They *could* extract enough DNA to recreate prehistoric life. As usual, Crichton's science is solid and well-researched, and always slightly ahead of the curve. Though some elements of the novel are outdated due to its age, the message about cloning and tampering with nature could not be more timely. All those scientists who want to clone humans should read this book and think twice about their actions.