Category Archives: Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 3 “The Beach” (Pages 22 – 24)

Posted on November 13, 2023 by flybrand1976

Crichton leads up to the theme park, to Jurassic Park by creating multiple stakes. Here the stakes that he’s establishing is that the dinosaurs will escape. Continue reading →

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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 2 “Puntarenas” (Pages 16 – 21)

Posted on November 1, 2023 by flybrand1976

The Bowmans get their daughter to a hospital where her injuries are treated. The readers know it is dinosaurs, but the characters are shown to be rightfully puzzled by events. Over confidence, a common villain in Crichton novels makes an … Continue reading →

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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 1 “Almost Paradise” (Pages 9 – 14)

Posted on October 2, 2023 by flybrand1976

Crichton leads up to the theme park, to Jurassic Park by creating multiple stakes. Here the stakes that he’s establishing is that the dinosaurs will escape. Continue reading →

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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – “Prologue: The Bite of the Raptor”

Posted on September 27, 2023 by flybrand1976

How big is the Jurassic Park media franchise? In this chapter a physician has to look up the word ‘raptor’ – something which seems totally implausible 30 years later because this book series so popularized the term. Continue reading →

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