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Is it as scary as the movie? The movie was a little scary and I 'm not in the mood of any Stephen King right now.

Beverly Cooper This book blows the movie "out dah window!" It is definitely written for a more intelligent audience, especially Crichton's explanation of the "Chaos …moreThis book blows the movie "out dah window!" It is definitely written for a more intelligent audience, especially Crichton's explanation of the "Chaos Theory" and it's use in creating the, er, "dinosaurs..."
The book depicts the characters completely different than the movie does, in terms of their importance, personalities, relationships to the overall story and each other,etc. Actually, once you begin reading it, you may not be able to put it down literally - I know I couldn't... (less)

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Would this book be appropriate for a 10 year old?

Lisa As a parent, I was reading this, and was wondering if I'd let my 11 year old son read it. I think it was pretty okay with the exception of one part. I…moreAs a parent, I was reading this, and was wondering if I'd let my 11 year old son read it. I think it was pretty okay with the exception of one part. It gets pretty descriptive in one part while talking about breeding, particularly mentioning a certain male body part (which is named) being inserted into a female body part in alligators. If your kid already knows about the birds and bees this will probably just cause a giggle fest, if not, they now will. Something, I'm sure, every parent would like to be forewarned on. (less)

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Anyone else want to slap Lex right across the back of the head and tell her to shut up or she will be left behind to get ate? I most certainly would have threatened that kid. I'm sorry but that kid was a little shit.

Johnny +1 to this. She was downright annoying at times. When you're worried about velociraptors, it isn't the time to get picky about whether or not you can …more+1 to this. She was downright annoying at times. When you're worried about velociraptors, it isn't the time to get picky about whether or not you can find ice cream. Likewise, when your brother is struggling to get the park's electrical system back online, for the love of God don't start playing with the video surveillance system...(less)

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What are the titles of the chapters, and is there a Table of Contents?

Johnny There is no formal Table of Contents, however there are unnumbered but titled chapters/headings, as listed below:

🙤 'Jurassic Park' Chapter List …moreThere is no formal Table of Contents, however there are unnumbered but titled chapters/headings, as listed below:

🙤 'Jurassic Park' Chapter List 🙦
• 0.1 Introduction: "The InGen Incident"
• 0.2 Prologue: The Bite of the Raptor
• 1. First Iteration
1.01 - Almost Paradise
1.02 - Puntarenas
1.03 - The Beach
1.04 - New York
1.05 - The Shape of the Data
• 2. Second Iteration
2.01 - The Shore of the Inland Sea
2.02 - Skeleton
2.03 - Cowan, Swain and Ross
2.04 - Plans
2.05 - Hammond
2.06 - Choteau
2.07 - Target of Opportunity
2.08 - Airport
2.09 - Malcolm
2.10 - Isla Nublar
2.11 - Welcome
• 3. Third Iteration
3.01 - Jurassic Park
3.02 - When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
3.03 - The Tour
3.04 - Control
3.05 - Version 4.4
3.06 - Control
3.07 - The Tour
3.08 - Control
3.09 - Big Rex
3.10 - Control
3.11 - Stegosaur
3.12 - Control
3.13 - Breeding Sites
• 4. Fourth Iteration
4.01 - The Main Road
4.02 - Return
4.03 - Nedry
4.04 - Bungalow
4.05 - Tim
4.06 - Lex
4.07 - Control
4.08 - The Road
4.09 - Control
4.10 - In the Park
4.11 - Control
412 - The Park
4.13 - Dawn
4.14 - The Park
• 5. Fifth Iteration
5.01 - Search
5.02 - Aviary
5.03 - Tyrannosaur
5.04 - Control
• 6. Sixth Iteration
6.01 - Return
6.02 - The Grid
6.03 - Lodge
6.04 - Control
• 7. Seventh Iteration
7.01 - Destroying the World
7.02 - Under Control
7.03 - Almost Paradigm
7.04 - Descent
7.05 - Hammond
7.06 - The Beach
7.07 - Approaching Dark
7.08 - Epilogue: San José
• 8. Acknowledgements
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That, per the 2009 Hardcover edition with ISBN 9780385365734. The numbers were added for clarity.(less)

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