The Lost World: Jurassic Park Junior Novelisation captures all the thrills and chills of The Lost World story - with heart-stopping suspense, hair-...
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Apr 10, 2011
Enrique
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Well to be honest, I had watched the film adaptation before reading the novel. I loved the film especially with the Big Rex attacking my hometown. (Sadly the news never reported it). Now I had begun reading it kind of late, since I could only find a copy of it at Barnes&Nobels but I begun reading!
Now when I did read the novel I tried to clear my mind and not try to expect alot from it. However when I actually did get to reading the Lost World I was slightly dissapointed. To be frank More...
Now when I did read the novel I tried to clear my mind and not try to expect alot from it. However when I actually did get to reading the Lost World I was slightly dissapointed. To be frank More...
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Mar 30, 2008
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Feb 09, 2008
Henrik
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Basically the usual good Michael Crighton stuff, interesting ramblings and speculations about science (in this case, the role of extinction in evolution). Certainly readable and enjoyable, but the plot line was not as solid as it could and should have been.
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1) Having the two kids come along was artificial and contrived, whereas in Jurassic Park it was natural. Did he include them here as a compulsory element in the case the book became a movie? (No More...
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1) Having the two kids come along was artificial and contrived, whereas in Jurassic Park it was natural. Did he include them here as a compulsory element in the case the book became a movie? (No More...
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Sep 26, 2007
Chelsea
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I find a lot of people discuss the "resurrection" of Ian Malcolm in their reviews, and I'd like to throw in my two cents. It's true, Malcolm is mentioned as dead at the end of Jurassic Park. To be exact, Muldoon is telling Grant what's happened to everyone else as they're flying away in the helicopter:
"What about Malcolm?" Grant said.
Muldoon shook his head.
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"What about Malcolm?" Grant said.
Muldoon shook his head.
The epilogue mentions the Costa Rican government not permitting the burial of John Hammond or Ia More...
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Sep 06, 2007
Wil
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What I learned from The Lost World: The only people worthy of surviving in Crichton's world are geniuses. Everyone else is destined to be fodder/feed for terrorizing thunder lizards.
The Lost World suffers from two things: First off, if you've ever read Jurassic Park, then you know that TLW's protagonist, Ian Malcolm, is, in fact, dead. That's right... he died in Jurassic Park, but since they couldn't convince Sam Neill to return for the movie, Crichton rewrote history so that Malco More...
The Lost World suffers from two things: First off, if you've ever read Jurassic Park, then you know that TLW's protagonist, Ian Malcolm, is, in fact, dead. That's right... he died in Jurassic Park, but since they couldn't convince Sam Neill to return for the movie, Crichton rewrote history so that Malco More...
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Dec 12, 2008
Fizzgig76
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Ian Malcolm is alive (!? don't ask) and goes to the mysterious Site B for Jurassic Park with some gung-ho people set of studying dinosaurs and plucky kids BUT they face dinosaurs and humans. Jurassic Park 2 (the movie) didn't use much of this book for its script...Having seen Jurassic Park 2 that would be a good thing one would think, but the book is possibly just as bad, if not worse for the fact that Crichton can write but chose to vomit up this story. The characters are flat, the action is
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Feb 08, 2012
Donovan
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Unfortunately this didn't meet the bar compared to the first (as so many sequels fail to do). I got the distinct feeling that Crichton was pushed in to writing this rather than wanting to write it. He makes an effort though and in being fair, it is not too bad. There are some cheap plot-hole fixes, to make this compatible with Jurassic Park but you can probably push those aside. It is still mostly about dinosaurs chasing people and has too many similarities to the first novel.
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Dec 10, 2011
Danny
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This is the sequel to the novel Jurassic Park written by Michael Crichton. You should read Jurassic park before reading this book. Michael Crichton is a genius, and I always liked his novels. His books are filled with brilliant ideas and plenty of suspense. Michael Crichton does plenty of research in writing his novels and there is a mixture of truth and fiction in his writing. The novel Jurassic Park was one such idea that was brilliant and fascinating. The book was so good when Steven Sp
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Nov 18, 2011
Diego
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More dinosaurs !
And if you thinked that this is a low quality sequel made only to cash-in on the success of the first book, you couldn't be more wrong.
In my opinion, except that we're not as surprised, it's just as good as the first. Actually, one thing that annoyed me in the Jurassic Park, this time was one of the highlights of this novel. I'm talking about the character of Ian Malcolm, who -for the most part- talked a lot of confused theorisation about why everything we More...
And if you thinked that this is a low quality sequel made only to cash-in on the success of the first book, you couldn't be more wrong.
In my opinion, except that we're not as surprised, it's just as good as the first. Actually, one thing that annoyed me in the Jurassic Park, this time was one of the highlights of this novel. I'm talking about the character of Ian Malcolm, who -for the most part- talked a lot of confused theorisation about why everything we More...
Sep 06, 2011
Jenine
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First off, I love the Jurassic Park series and have enjoyed all three movies. The first book was great and I have read it a few times already...but I have to say I was very disappointed in this book. Yes I saw the movie already but that in no way has any bearing on my lack of enthusiasm for this novel. I had good expectations for this book because of the first book and Michael Crighton's talent for writing. However I found little to enjoy from this book. The plot (whatever the plot is, I never g
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Jul 28, 2011
After reading Jurassic Park I was excited to move straight to The Lost World but sadly, my enthusiasm was misplaced. The general premise of the story is interesting, the characters are likable (if not as engaging as those in Jurassic Park), and certain scenes of the story are intense, but I found myself having a hard time picturing what Crichton describes. For an example, I simply could NOT get a set image in my mind of what the trailers looked like. I also couldn't figure out where places on th
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Jun 16, 2011
Kenny
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There’s no doubt that Michael Crichton is a genius, but his particular ability lies in conception, not execution. His books are always brilliant ideas less than brilliantly written. His style is often clunky and predictable, but his ideas . . . his ideas are golden.
Jurassic Park was one such idea, so wonderful and powerful that even Steven Spielberg could not much improve on it. The success of the movie owes a debt to the great setting, characters, and situations already present in t More...
Jurassic Park was one such idea, so wonderful and powerful that even Steven Spielberg could not much improve on it. The success of the movie owes a debt to the great setting, characters, and situations already present in t More...
Jun 24, 2010
Lindsay
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Michael Crichton has been one of my favorite authors for only a couple of years now, but I've been trying in that time to slowly work my way through all his novels. This book is the second part of the Jurassic Park story, and it's the only sequel Crichton ever wrote. It takes place six years after the events of JP, with mathematician Ian Malcolm as the main protagonist. He and Lewis Dodgson, the unscrupulous researcher from the Biosyn company, are the only two characters from JP to make an appea
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Jan 22, 2012
Vicki
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Not that I am prone to speaking ill of Spielberg, but whatever calamitous decision led to him not having Michael Crichton co-write the screenplay of The Lost World alongside David Koepp as he did for the first Jurassic Park movie was obviously a big mistake.
In terms of plot, characterisation and carefully crafted atmosphere this novel is vastly superior to the movie that shares its name. Also there are a lot more raptors in it, which is just gravy.
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In terms of plot, characterisation and carefully crafted atmosphere this novel is vastly superior to the movie that shares its name. Also there are a lot more raptors in it, which is just gravy.
Don’t get me wrong, I en More...
Mar 03, 2009
Antof9
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I read Jurassic Park about a million years ago, and I've always wanted to read this one. Neither of them is really "my" kind of book, but they do hold some fascination for me, in their own little ways. And I have to say, this one didn't disappoint! When I started this, I couldn't even remember the movie, but by the time I got to the part where they splint the baby raptor's leg, I could picture the whole scene! The best part? As intense as the movie was at that point, the book did
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Aug 08, 2011
Starting out reading this book I had high expectations. I was told this was better than the first one. Well those people must not have been readers because this book was not nearly as good as the first. I was looking for action and fun but mostly this was a 'how dinosaurs were when they lived' book. All the action started at the end of the book and thats where i started to get the feel of the first one.
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the descriptions of certain dinosaurs were very well written, and i could see them clearly.
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Jul 29, 2011
Rebecca
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‘The Lost World’ is proof that the sequels can be better than the originals, grown ups can still love dinosaurs, and even the most rigid reader can indulge in a little adventure. Michael Crichton returns to the world he originally introduced to us through Jurassic Park with new vigor. The sequel to the famous dino-zoo thriller may have blown its prequel out of the water. With more likable characters, more blood and grit, and more scientific spark, this is a must read for adventure fans.
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Aug 25, 2011
Stephanie
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Als ich damals dieses Buch entdeckte, musste ich es einfach kaufen. Und ich war begeistert. Auch heute liest sich das Buch immer noch wunderbar und ist definitiv besser als der Film. Bei diesem Teil erweckt Michael Crichton die Dinos erneut zum Leben. Damals wurden nicht alle getötet, denn es gab da noch die andere Insel - Isla Soma. Hier haben einige Dinos überlebt, die nun in ihrem eigenen Ökosystem leben... Da es sich bei den Dinos ja nicht um die 'reinen' Urzeitwesen handelt, sondern um genm
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May 10, 2009
Melody
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The Lost World is another island entirely where InGen began their quest for a theme park, embarking on a project of which they had little understanding. But their trials, errors, hits, misses, and major blunders had to start somewhere and that place was Site B. Now, Ian Malcolm (surprise! he didn't die after all) and a small group of scientists return, supposedly prepared, to study the inhabitants of this island off the coast of Costa Rica to see what they can learn about dinosaur behavior and e
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Oct 16, 2009
Nick
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Michael Chrichton
The Lost World
Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1995
393 pp. $9.99
Imagine a place that was stopped in time still having inhabitants of the Crustacean period living there. This is the place where four scientists and two children seek out to find and explore. Explosive and entertaining, Michael Chrichton’s, The Lost World was great from cover to cover because of its unique topic and conflicts.
The sequel to the first book in the trio, Juras More...
The Lost World
Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1995
393 pp. $9.99
Imagine a place that was stopped in time still having inhabitants of the Crustacean period living there. This is the place where four scientists and two children seek out to find and explore. Explosive and entertaining, Michael Chrichton’s, The Lost World was great from cover to cover because of its unique topic and conflicts.
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Jun 02, 2011
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Nov 23, 2011
Janina
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It turns out that InGen had a second island, where the dinosaurs were actually bred in a huge production factory. Ian Malcom (who fortunately survived the first book after all) and Richard Levine are looking for this "Lost World". Levine locates the island and goes there on his own without a word. After a phone call it becomes clear that he's in trouble and Malcolm and some others go to rescue him. Obviously that turns out more difficult than anticipated and everything that can go wron
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Nov 07, 2011
Lindsey
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I love the way Michael wrote. I read Jurassic Park a couple of years ago and realized how much more epic the book is than the movie (which I also adore). The Lost World, though it has lower ratings, gets 5 stars from me also. I read this 400 page book in days. I read it for hours at a time. It is fantastic.
Best $3 I ever spent. I look forward to reading more of his books now (though I might not like them as much, I love dinosaurs).
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Best $3 I ever spent. I look forward to reading more of his books now (though I might not like them as much, I love dinosaurs).
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Jul 17, 2011
Margot
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More accurately, I would give The Lost World around 2.5 stars. I would describe this Jurassic Park sequel as less a fiction novel and more a nonfiction work about evolution science with a few moments of fiction woven in. This work is inundated with long speeches about evolution, genetics, the anatomy of a cell, etc.--which are very informative and interesting if you forget that you're supposed to be reading a novel, but then you remember and realize that you can't necessarily take anything in th
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Sep 03, 2010
Martin
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I love JP, I always will, however I believe Crichton's second novel The Lost World, lacked a JP feeling. I liked TLW, but the overall sequel to JP lacked a lot. It felt more of a "Sir Aurthur Canon Doyle's TLW" than a Jurassic Park novel. I say this because the island(Isla Sorna) is more remote, less like a facility. I love the fact that there was prehistoric animals roaming around but the novel didn't give you a good wonderful feeling like the first novel did. The characters are still
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Nov 22, 2011
Andrewhatesbooks
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Michael Crichton returns with the sequel to his previous novel Jurassic Park. The book The Lost World, starts off dull, and slowly begins to get exciting towards the end of the book. Taking place 6 years after the prequel, one can understand this story without reading the previous book. Michael Crichton offers us a view into the future, how our advances in technology may be harmful to us and possibly hazardous or deadly.
Although Crichton fails to provide a sense of strong suspense in t More...
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Dec 27, 2011
Natasha
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I haven't read Jurassic Park, so there will be no comparison here. In fact, this is the first Michael Crichton novel I have had the pleasure of reading. I thoroughly enjoyed The Lost World. It was well-written and backed by plenty of research. It was packed full of scientific facts and theories, which led me to look at life from a different perspective. It piqued my curiosity and held me in its jaws to the very end. I would love to read more of Crichton's novels. This was obviously a cont
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Dec 03, 2011
Casey
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This sequel really was a let-down...on the upside, once the plot got rolling, it did carry a lot of good, old-fashioned dino action. On the downside, it took about a hundred pages for the plot to get rolling. In addition, there were so very many convoluted and abstract plot devices that made absolutely no sense. They seemed to serve no purpose other than to needlessly complicate things.
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One other major contrast in relation to the book's predecessor: the original had a variety of types o More...
Jul 29, 2011
Jenee
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I Read this when I was in middle school for a book report which was a bad idea because I was way too young. Reading it now I actually understand it. It was a Really good book, not as good as some other Crichton books I've read. But it was very well written and was easy to get into. I don't know what they were thinking when they made the movie. I think they took most parts of this book for when they made Jurassic Park III. Though I did enjoy the movie too, I can't say that one is better than the
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Mar 02, 2010
Ben
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In the sequal to Jurrasic Park "The Lost World" Dr. Grant has left and only Mr. Hammond and Dexter remain as 6 years later when the great park "Jurrasic Park" was destroyed along with all of the animals... LIFE FOR THE DINO'S STILL EXIST. Now Mr. Hammond has to travel back to this island to destroy the rest of the raveging remains of the dinosaurs they saught to kill years ago. If they succeed they'll be a success. If they fail....
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