false 452196 78 A billionaire has created a technique to clone dinosaurs. From the DNA that his crack team of scientists extract, he is able to grow the dinosaurs in his laboratories and lock them away on an island behind electric fences, creating a sort of theme park. He asks a group of scientists from several different fields to come and view the park, but something goes terribly wrong when a worker on the island turns traitor and shuts down the power. "Unless your species evolved sometime after 1993 when <I>Jurassic Park</I> 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 <I>The Andromeda Strain</I> for that), <I>Jurassic Park</I> 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." <I>--Paul Hughes</I> 3376836 book 1990 Jurassic Park total:62921|5:15606|4:21019|3:18062|2:5614|1:2605| 62921 230189 71556 1271 147646 0091821347 9780091821340 1016 80 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172188667m/147646.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147646.Jurassic_Park 0 11 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Mon Mar 19 14:03:14 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 19 14:05:02 -0700 2007
When I was in Jr. High I loved Michael Crichton and John Grisham. LOVED them. At the time, I had read almost all of their books.

Imagine me, twelve years old, huge coke-bottle glasses, puff-paint sc...more...]]> 452196 9871138806 9789871138807 34031 806 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174886474m/452196.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452196.Jurassic_Park 4 3 false Thu Oct 04 21:52:41 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 17:46:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 6424171 0345370775 9780345370778 2763 187 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570175m/6424171.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6424171-jurassic-park 3 2 false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 12:47:50 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 08 06:03:52 -0700 2009
The added character development (and even dinosaur development, for...more...]]> 452196 9871138806 9789871138807 34031 806 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174886474m/452196.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452196.Jurassic_Park 3 2 false Mon Jun 23 15:13:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 15:14:03 -0700 2008 452196 9871138806 9789871138807 34031 806 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174886474m/452196.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452196.Jurassic_Park 4 2 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 12:05:42 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 12:16:37 -0700 2009 4+
Still a fun r...more...]]> 6424171 0345370775 9780345370778 2763 187 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570175m/6424171.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6424171-jurassic-park 4 2 false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 25 00:20:15 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 08 06:03:52 -0700 2009
I have to say, this was a cl...more...]]> 452196 9871138806 9789871138807 34031 806 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174886474m/452196.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452196.Jurassic_Park 4 1 false Tue Oct 14 22:43:38 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 23:12:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 6424171 0345370775 9780345370778 2763 187 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570175m/6424171.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6424171-jurassic-park 4 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 02 07:59:14 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 08 06:03:52 -0700 2009 Crichton is a writer of the best quality. Not only does ...more...]]> 1191483 2266005669 9782266005661 428 40 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181768494m/1191483.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1191483.Jurassic_Park 5 2 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Fri Aug 03 21:28:53 -0700 2007 Wed May 07 09:37:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 147646 0091821347 9780091821340 1016 80 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172188667m/147646.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147646.Jurassic_Park 4 1 false Wed Jan 16 05:29:18 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 12:49:03 -0800 2008
Great book - it is what it is, a straight-up thriller, and it definitely delivers. Suspe...more...]]> 6424171 0345370775 9780345370778 2763 187 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570175m/6424171.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6424171-jurassic-park 3 1 false Sat May 26 22:21:14 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 08 06:03:52 -0700 2009
Crichton's sensationalism and misuse of scientific concepts has made him untrustwor...more...]]> 3338617 83 13 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1211550171m/3338617.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3338617.Jurassic_Park 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Thu Apr 02 11:38:22 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 12:00:08 -0700 2009 5+
To be sure, it is gripping, and, as the kids are saying, "action-packed." But that's only skin deep, only one level, this being the level that made up the massively popular film version. Just below the surface is a masterpi...more...]]> 452196 9871138806 9789871138807 34031 806 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174886474m/452196.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452196.Jurassic_Park 3 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 11 05:10:31 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 05:13:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 6424171 0345370775 9780345370778 2763 187 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570175m/6424171.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6424171-jurassic-park 5 0 false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 13:38:53 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 13:24:17 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 452196 9871138806 9789871138807 34031 806 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174886474m/452196.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452196.Jurassic_Park 3 0 false Wed Aug 26 08:59:46 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:00:43 -0700 2009
Hammond and his team of scientists have discovered a method of creating dinosaurs, by cloning dino DNA captured from ancient sap that has trapped insects that feasted on dinosaurs. The plan is to make them a zoo display on ...more...]]> 452196 9871138806 9789871138807 34031 806 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174886474m/452196.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452196.Jurassic_Park 4 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:07:15 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:20:57 -0700 2009 Jurassic Park whenever the movie would be on TV but I never went out of my way to get the book. I finally checked it out my library and I can't believe how good it was! A little thing that troubled me was, how could a world-renowned geneticist not know that frogs exhibit h...more...]]> 7677 030734813X 9780307348135 23683 53 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637966m/7677.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7677.Jurassic_Park 4 0 false Mon Jul 27 06:56:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:56:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 452196 9871138806 9789871138807 34031 806 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174886474m/452196.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452196.Jurassic_Park 5 0 false Sun Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 1993 Thu Jul 09 17:17:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:19:31 -0700 2009 Amazon.com Review
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 b...more...]]> 7677 030734813X 9780307348135 23683 53 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637966m/7677.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7677.Jurassic_Park 5 0 false Thu Oct 29 13:52:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 13:52:05 -0700 2009 Jurassic Park is no different. Dealing with cloning and genetics, I read this years ago and it all seemed possible to bring dinosaurs back from extinction.

The first time I read this book was lo...more...]]> 6424171 0345370775 9780345370778 2763 187 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570175m/6424171.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6424171-jurassic-park 5 0 false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:48:12 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 11:39:02 -0800 2009 1
At any rate, the m...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=229074