I remember my aunt taking my brother and me to see the movie all I knew going into it was that it was about dinosaurs and the toys looked awesome. My first memories of this were from the summer of 1993. We are all familiar with this story, no? So my review will consist of my thoughts and experiences with it over time.

Featuring a beautifully stamped bonded leather cover, gilt edging, colorful endpapers, and a satin-ribbon bookmark, this collectible edition is a fine addition to any home library. This volume contains the full text of both of Michael Crichton's bestselling novels. Once again, rivalry and subterfuge combine to create life-threatening dangers for the scientists, who must contend with the rampaging dinosaurs as well as their cutthroat competitors. The Lost World picks up the story six years later, with scientists scrambling to find the jungle island that served as the dinosaur production factory for Jurassic Park. When a rival biogenetic firm attempts to steal the scientists secret, the stage is set for a nightmare of science and dinosaurs run amok. In Jurassic Park, scientists of today clone dinosaurs of the prehistoric past to serve as attractions in a modern theme park.

As of 2000, the franchise had generated $5 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.From master thriller writer Michael Crichton: Two imaginative masterpieces of speculative science, full of adventure and larger-than-life characters. Numerous video games and comic books based on the franchise have been created since the release of the 1993 film, and several water rides have been opened at various Universal theme parks. Subsequent films in the series, including Jurassic Park III (2001), are not based on the novels. The film received a theatrical 3D re-release in 2013, and was selected in 2018 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”Ī sequel novel, The Lost World, was published in 1995, followed by a film adaptation in 1997. The book was successful, as was Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film adaptation. Jurassic Park, a novel by Michael Crichton, later also referred to as Jurassic World, is an American science fiction media franchise centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs.

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton