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Rating: 4/5
Lost References:
When Paulo worries about the (noisy) Smoke Monster, Nikki tells him the Island’s not like Jurassic Park.
Thoughts:
Two things that surprised me about this book: Some of the scenes from the book that hadn’t made it into the movie I still recognized from the sequels, and there was a whole lot of faux-science. The second one I didn’t mind; it made me appreciate the movies more (I’ll admit to liking the dinosaur action and Malcolm’s wit). The second point, I wasn’t crazy about. I could stomach the chaos theory quotes at the section openings, but all the fake genetics sections bored me. Apparently, Crichton’s famous for fake, topical science, but this was my first of his books, so I didn’t know that then. I’ve read some more since, and I’m learning to tune him out when he gets into his spiels. If you can do that, you’re in for an exciting read. And another good Crichton book is Timeline.
Above: the Crichtonsaurus bohlini – a new species of ankylosaurus named for Crichton and Swedish paleontologist Birger Bohlin.
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