Jurassic Park: A Novel by Michael Crichton

Jurassic Park: A Novel (original 1990; edition 1991)

by Michael Crichton (Author)

Series: Jurassic Park (1)

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Canonical title

Original title

Jurassic Park

Alternative titles

Jurassic Park

Original publication date

1990-11-07

People/Characters

Important places

Isla Nublar, Costa Rica

Montana, USA

Bahia Anasco, Costa Rica

Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica

Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Important events

Related movies

Jurassic Park (1993 | IMDb)

Epigraph

"Reptiles are abhorrent because of their cold body, pale color, cartilaginous skeleton, filthy skin, fierce aspect, calculating eye, offensive smell, harsh voice, squalid habitation, and terrible venom; wherefore their Creator has not exerted his powers to make many of them."

~ LINNAEUS, 1797

"You cannot recall a new form of life."
~ ERWIN CHARGAFF, 1972

Dedication

For A-M and T

First words

Prologue
The tropical rain fell in drenching sheets, hammering the corrugated roof of the clinic building, roaring down the metal gutters, splashing on the ground in a torrent.

Introduction
The late twentieth century has witnessed a scientific gold rush of astonishing proportions: the headlong and furious haste to commercialize genetic engineering.

Mike Bowman whistled cheerfully as he drove the Land Rover through the Cabo Blanco Biological Reserve, on the west coast of Costa Rica.

Quotations

Reptielen zijn weerzinwekkend vanwege hun koude lichaam, hun bleke kleur, hun kraakbeenskelet, hun vuile huid, hun wrede uitdrukking, hun berekenende blik, hun afstotelijke geur, hun scherpe stemgeluid, hun smerig nest en hun vreselijk vergif; daarom heeft hun schepper zijn macht niet gebruikt om er vele te maken. (Linnaeus, 1797) Een nieuwe levensvorm kun je niet ongedaan maken. (Erwin Chargaff, 1972)

Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.

Last words

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Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

English

Canonical DDC/MDS

813.54

Canonical LCC

PS3553.R48