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Summary: It was awsome
Review: This book is a hook right from the start i mean it is a lot better than the movie and is more detailed about everything it also has a lot of things the movie never enen talked about
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Summary: MichaelRMS
Review: I really liked this book. Dinosasurs were extinct, but they were alive on this island. You get to see how hard for people to stay alive when dinosaurs lived.It has a good plot ,alot of action,and suspence. Overall it was a great book.
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Summary: Crichton's novel is far darker, gorier than 1993 film.....
Review: Nowadays, the title "Jurassic Park" conjures up images from a trilogy of films which began with Steven Spielberg's apatosaurus-sized blockbuster and started going (quality-wise, at least) down the path to cinematic extinction with wan sequels (The Lost World, Jurassic Park III -- the latter, thank Gene Siskel's soul, NOT directed by Spielberg). This, of course, is to be expected and is not exactly a new concept in Hollywood; Jaws, which was Spielberg's first real blockbuster (and is in fact the grandfather of the modern "monster hit movie") also started out as a decent horror film about a predator with sharp teeth that, um, snacked on people...and should have, like its 1993 cinematic heir, should have been left as a stand-alone film.What some people tend to forget is that both these franchise-starting Spielberg films were adaptations of best-selling summer-season beach reads (Jaws, for instance, was written by Peter Benchley). Not meant to be literary classics in the same category as, say, the collected works of William Shakespeare or Ernest Hemingway, Benchley's shark novel and Michael Crichton's original 1990 novel, Jurassic Park, are an entertaining -- if easily disposed of -- mix of science, horror, and melodrama. Crichton's novel contains the same basic premise as the screenplay he later co-wrote with David Koepp (The Lost World): eccentric billionaire John Hammond, through his huge bio-genetics company InGen, funds a top secret scientific project to clone dinosaurs from fossilized DNA and populate the Mother of All Theme Attractions, Jurassic Park. But after a series of incidents that Hammond manages to keep hidden from public view (velociraptors snack on unsuspecting Costa Rican laborers, for instance), InGen's board of directors sends attorney Donald Gennaro and a team of independent observers to inspect Hammond's theme park on Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica. Their mission: to evaluate Jurassic Park's safety measures and its viability as a money-making tourist attraction. As in the movie, everything that can go wrong, does, especially as a result of a deliberate act of computerized sabotage by greedy and super-geeky Dennis Nedry, who has been hired by InGen's rival Biosys Inc. to steal some dino-embryos from Jurassic Park's cryogenic storage facilities. This, of course, places Gennaro's team of Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcolm in peril (along with Hammond's two grandchildren, Tim and Lex) as they get stranded outside without the protection of the Park's electrified fences. And, as in the movie, the main characters learn one simple yet painful lesson: people and dinosaurs shouldn't mix. Crichton's novel is far darker than its 1993 film adaptation, with more nods to Stephen King than to Steven Spielberg, with more scenes of gore and violent death than would have been viable for a PG-13 film. Nevertheless, it's entertaining without being too bogged down in the nitty-gritty details of genetic engineering, industrial espionage, or computer sciences, although Crichton, as he has done in other works (The Terminal Man, The Andromeda Strain) touches all these topics in this fast-moving techno-chiller.
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Summary: Even better than the film!
Review: I have to admit, I bought this book about 10 years after the film was released, so I was pretty slow to get started...and now I'm sorry I left it so long. This book is a masterpiece, a truly brilliant adventure. This book has set the standards for fantasy/science-fiction/adventure books forever. Crichton has quite clearly done some background digging, but whilst doing this incorporated his own ideas to create a fresh, realistic story. The way he words things, the descriptions of the characters and dinosaurs and the extensive insight into genetic cloning at the begining all add to the final touch, and ultimately make this novel totally believable. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Great, even after watching the movie
Review: This is the first Michael Crichton book I have read _after_ watching the movie (12 years later, in fact), and must say it is phenomenal. The book is quite different from the movie, enough so that it maintained suspense despite my knowledge of what happened in the movie. Forgive me for not giving a detailed review, but I am certain there are hundreds of them for this book. I just didn't want you thinking that it was not worth reading because you've seen the movie.
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Summary: Entertaining and informative.
Review: Jurassic Park is first and foremost a cautionary tale, alerting readers to the potential dangers and drawbacks that can manifest when scientists and engineers don't first consider not just the benefits, but the negative consequences that their inventions may lead to. Michael Crichton wraps this message in an action-packed adventure that readers of almost all ages will enjoy and appreciate.
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Summary: Jurassic Park
Review: "Jurassic Park; one park, one journey, plenty of dinosaurs" Jurassic Park will give you chills! Jurassic Park is filled with adventure, adventure, and more adventure. I love adventure so, you can under stand my enthusiasm. Michael Crichton is an awesome writer and is worthy of getting ***** (5 stars). He makes the characters seem more real than most books I've read. He uses great detail and puts you right in the park. This novel is definitely worth the time to read. Here's a sneak peak... "Wait a minute," Grant said. "You're going to have rides? Like an amusement park?"
Arnold said, "This is a zoological park. We have tours of different areas, and we call them rides. That's all."
Grant frowned. Again he felt troubled. He didn't like the idea of dinosaurs being used for an amusement park.
--Enjoy reading Jurassic Park!
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Summary: Michael Crichton cant be beaten
Review: When I finished Jurassic Park I was left in awe. How could someone write a book so thrilling, so terrorisingly real, and so inspiering all at the same time. Mr. Crichton is an excellent author and i'm glad that he did two great dinosaur novels (I love dinosaurs). He makes you feel the terror that the charactors are feeling, he makes you feel the velociraptors are chasing you. This book is 100x times better and 90% different than the movie. It is more detailed, like in the part with Nedry and the dilophosaurus. In the movie he gets killed in the jeep but in the book he is killed outside the jeep and explaines how. This is the best dinosaur book besides Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker. I say kudos Mr. Crichton and keep those fabulous novels coming.
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Summary: One of the greatest books of all time.
Review: When I first read Michael Crichton's book Jurassic Park I was left in awe at how could someone write a book so thrilling and beilevable at the same time and make us feel the terror that is going on. Mr. Crichton writes the book so I (and i'm sure others)feel like we are really being chased by the velociraptors. It is a 100x better and 90% different than the movie. I love dinosaurs and I must say this is the best dionsaur novel besides Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker. I must say kudos Mr. Crichton for such an inspirational novel.
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Summary: A Fantastic Thriller
Review: I have recently read this book and could not put it down. The excitement just kept coming, keeping my attention for chapters at a time. There was adventure and excitement as well as a few hidden themes. It shows how nature truly is or would be if we left it alone. I thoroughly enjpyed reading this book and would read it again. It is one that I am excited to add to my library of books.
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