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Westworld

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I found this book in a used bookstore and read it, having not seen the movie. It did help with the movie (which itself is good) when I did see it, as it delved a little more deeply into what was going on (as books always do). The concept is vintage Crichton: a new technology (in this case, a theme park populated by robots) seems great, but then begins to go wrong in life-threatening ways (the robots become too independant, chasing the humans around). It's a fun, short read.

Seems to be confusion over this book. It's written as the script/screenplay for the movie, "Westworld." Just saw the "Making of Westworld" video feature on Youtube where Crichton says in an interview, that the story of "Westworld" just didn't work as a book, and that he always saw it presented as a film. (He wrote this screenplay and directed the feature) Unless I'm wrong, the paperback was issued as a companion piece to the movie, which was a big earner for MGM in 1973. I read it in high school, and it was the first piece I'd ever read hat was formatted like an actual movie script. Glad to find it again on Amazon.

I bought a "used" copy here, and it seems that mine was different than what other reviewers have seen. Mine was the actual script of the movie, with notations and all. But it was in a paperback book form. I really wanted the novel version.

This is not the story. This is written in the form of a script and there is no further information included. Not sure what book the others read (if anyone knows, I'd like to know please), but this is not it. Waste of money IMHO.

the movie was awesome though. The book explained much more about the robots killing people. Such as the gunslinger 'bot removing the guns sensor so he can shoot people.