Michael Crichton's Jurassic World [Hardcover]

Michael Crichton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 1997

Now at last in one volume, Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and The Lost World--the two incomparably suspenseful, supremely scary, utterly unputdownable, worldwide best-selling return-of-the-dinosaurs novels, which together constitute Jurassic World.

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Now at last in one volume, Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and The Lost World--the two incomparably suspenseful, supremely scary, utterly unputdownable, worldwide best-selling return-of-the-dinosaurs novels, which together constitute Jurassic World. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Michael Crichton was born in Chicago in 1942. His novels include The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Congo,
Rising Sun, Disclosure, and Airframe. He is also the creator of the television series ER.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 816 pages
• Publisher: Knopf; 1st edition (September 30, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375401075
• ISBN-13: 978-0375401077
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I liked the books a lot!, October 28, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Michael Crichton's Jurassic World (Hardcover)

Jurassic Park the book is much better then the movie. And so was Lost World. The books were suspenceful and full of great action and the storyies were so much better than the movies. BYE H.B.M.C.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have If You Like the Films, September 16, 2002

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Roland Dark (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michael Crichton's Jurassic World (Hardcover)

Michael Crichton's popular Jurassic Park novels that spawned two blockbuster motion pictures are together, uncut and unabridged, in this spectacular book. If you liked either one of the Steven Spielberg films, this is definitely a must-have, both as companion for the films and for its literary value.

I am part of the iconoclastic ilk who believe a film can be better than the book. Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park" is an example. And that is not knocking Michael by any means. The novel - written three years before the film version - is packed with far more scientific facts, fascinating theories, and interesting techno-babble than the motion picture ever could. Reading "Jurassic Park" is almost like a crash course in paleontology and DNA. However, that aspect of the book giveth and taketh away. Too often it gets bogged down in a superfluity of sometimes boring scientific jargon. The last 15% of the book is slow-going, and the ending is anticlimactic. But there are plenty of adventure/suspense elements and compelling characters (most of which appear in the film) that made this so attractive for motion picture studios. Crichton has a keen ability to delineate vivid images of the dinosaurs. He also has a knack for writing amusing dialogue. The computer screen illustrations lend much-needed visual aid, and it is fun to watch the fractals of Ian Malcolm's "Chaos Theory" grow from chapter to chapter. The pros (and prose) of this book far outweigh the cons.

Now, all those literary purests should be pacified. I think "The Lost World" is far superior to the film (of course, it is almost impossible for it not to be). This is one of those rare books that I actually have trouble putting down before I finish - spent thirteen hours straight reading it. If you can get through an oppressive section early on, the rest of the book is fast-paced and compelling. The plot of the novel is far more credible than the film, and is spared that ridiculous scene in which tyrannosaurus rex wreaks havoc in San Diego. Interestingly, there are fewer characters in the book than in the film. Jack Thorne almost seems like a reverse composite character. A lot of the dialogue in "The Lost World" is comic book caliber, and Crichton occasionally digresses into the tedious scientific lectures prevalent in "Jurassic Park", but not nearly to the same extent. Overall, the "Jurassic World" book is a fine read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Great Books In One Volume, July 22, 2000

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Bill R. Moore (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michael Crichton's Jurassic World (Hardcover)

This omnibus has two of the greatest novels of all-time in one volume: Jurassic Park, and the Lost World. But of course you already knew that. If you want to know my opinions on the individual books then look up my reviews for them, but I can tell you that these are two awesome books and each so much better than the (by no means bad) movies. And they're in one volume! If you don't yet own these two books, this is the best way to purchase them, as it is cheaper. On the other hand, if you already own or have read these two novels there is absolutely no reason to purchase this one, as it has nothing new except for slightly different packaging.