The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2)

by Michael Crichton

The TV set in front of the class showed a vast cornfield, seen in an aerial view, the curving outlines faintly visible. She recognized it as the crater in Manson. In the darkness, Dr. Levine’s recorded voice said, “This is the crater in Manson, Iowa, dating from sixty-five million years ago, just when dinosaurs became extinct. But was this the meteor that killed the dinosaurs?” No, Kelly thought, yawning. Probably the Yucatán peninsula. Manson was too small.

My hometown!