Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

About this book

Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically re-created dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real-world implications. A sequel titled The Lost World, also written by Crichton, was published in 1995. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World. In 1996 it was awarded the Secondary BILBY Award.

Also contained in: Congo/Jurassic Park Michael Crichton's Jurassic World

Jurassic Park · 2 books

In publication order
  1. Jurassic Park 1990 This book
  2. The Lost World 1995
All 2 in order

Subjects

  • american fiction
  • amusement parks
  • amusement parks, fiction
  • ancient dna
  • animal genetic engineering
  • auxotrophy
  • backdoor
  • biotechnologists
  • brothers and sisters, fiction
  • cautionary tale
  • chang pian xiao shuo
  • chaos theorists
  • chaos theory
  • clones and cloning
  • cloning
  • complex systems
  • corporate espionage
  • dichogamy
  • dinosaurios
  • dinosaurs
  • dinosaurs, fiction
  • fiction
  • fiction, science fiction, action & adventure
  • fiction, suspense
  • fiction, technological
  • fiction, thrillers, general
  • fiction, thrillers, technological
  • genetic engineering
  • jurassic park (imaginary place), fiction
  • juvenile fiction
  • ke xue huan xiang xiao shuo
  • large type books
  • lysine
  • malcolm, ian (fictitious character), fiction
  • napalm
  • novela
  • paleobotanists
  • paleontologists
  • parques de diversiones
  • procompsognathus
  • science fiction
  • scientists, fiction
  • spanish language materials
  • suspense fiction
  • theme parks
  • thrillers (fiction)
  • translations into chinese
  • tyrannosaurus
  • velociraptors
  • zhang pian xiao shuo