Jurassic Park #1

Jurassic Park

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An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Creatures once extinct now roam Jurassic Park, soon-to-be opened as a theme park. Until something goes wrong...and science proves a dangerous toy....
"Wonderful...Powerful."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD


From the Paperback edition.

399 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7,1990

This edition

Format
399 pages, Hardcover
Published
September 12, 1992 by Random House Value Publishing
ISBN
9780517083499
ASIN
0517083493
Language
English
Characters More characters
  • John Hammond
  • Ian Malcolm

    Ian Malcolm

    Dr. Ian Malcolm, alongside Dr. Grant, is another key figure in the Jurassic Park films and novels. He is a mathematician and chaos theorist and refers to himself as a "chaotician". He goes on many long lectures on chaos theory and the results of meddling ...

  • Alan Grant
  • Ellie Sattler
  • Tim Murphy

About the author

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Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was one of the most successful novelists of his generation, admired for his meticulous scientific research and fast-paced narrative. He graduated summa cum laude and earned his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1969. His first novel, Odds On (1966), was written under the pseudonym John Lange and was followed by seven more Lange novels. He also wrote as Michael Douglas and Jeffery Hudson. His novel A Case of Need won the Edgar Award in 1969. Popular throughout the world, he has sold more than 200 million books. His novels have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and thirteen have been made into films.

Michael Crichton died of lymphoma in 2008. He was 66 years old.

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