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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 19 “The Tour” (Pages 108 – 129)

Posted on August 24, 2025 by flybrand1976

At 21 pages “The Tour” is the longest chapter so far and the 2nd longest chapter in the book – and it sits within ‘Third Iteration’ – the longest of the seven segments within the book. We closed Chapter 18 … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 18 “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” (Pages 102 – 108) Is it safe?

Posted on August 19, 2025 by flybrand1976

Safety in a corporate setting is a complex topic. Is the product safe? Are workers safe? How is safety defined? At what cost have we removed too much risk and the product cannot be produced at a reasonable price? In … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 17 “Jurassic Park” (Pages 97 – 102) – A Deadly Fictional Fern

Posted on August 18, 2025 by flybrand1976

“Third Iteration” begins with another Ian Malcolm quote – “Details emerge more clearly as the fractal curve is redrawn.” Given Crichton’s tendency towards dry humor, is he mocking the arrogance of what would become a central character in the movie? … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Second Section, “Second Iteration” (Pages 32 – 93) Chapters 6 – 16

Posted on August 17, 2025 by flybrand1976

The first section, “First Iteration” is all set up, all creating tension and realism. Little dinosaurs have escaped and we follow a girl who is attacked. We see that there are global stakes to dinosaurs existing and being introduced to … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 16 “Welcome” (Pages 91 – 93) – The Best Book Name Ever?

Posted on August 16, 2025 by flybrand1976

“Welcome to Jurassic Park.” Are we being welcomed to the island? To the park? To the book that we’re already over 90 pages in to? It’s all of it. Crichton has arguably taken an obvious book idea – dinosaurs alive … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 15 “Isla Nublar” (Pages 87 – 90) – Crichton’s Narnia

Posted on August 7, 2025 by flybrand1976

In the same way Crichton creates tension by layering tension on top of tension – he creates his origin in Jurassic Park by layering origin on origin on origin. The dinosaurs are born from novel eggs, found from DNA in … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 14 “Malcolm” (Pages 82 – 87) Ian Malcolm, Chaos Theory & The Butterfly Effect

Posted on August 5, 2025 by flybrand1976

We first meet Ian Malcolm – the character Jeff Goldblum would make famous – on page 33, where he is quoted as the bridge between chapters. Here we find an entire chapter in his name. Best Writing, Quotes “Chaos theory … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 13 “Airport” (Pages 79 – 81) Biosyn, Dodgson & Nedry

Posted on August 4, 2025 by flybrand1976

Biosyn, the corporate nemesis to InGen, hangs around for at least one more chapter. So much of the modern franchise depicts the ‘evils of InGen’ and follows derivative corporate greed with future movies talking about weaponizing dinosaurs, world-devouring-locusts, etc. – … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 12 “Target of Opportunity” (Pages 74 – 78) Corporate Competition from Biosyn, Nedry’s Employer

Posted on August 3, 2025 by flybrand1976

Companies almost never call emergency board meetings – the game of business occurs between board meetings. Board meetings are the whistle at the end of the quarter, or to close out the game and move to the next phase of … Continue reading →

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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 11 “Choteau” (Pages 72 – 73) Patronage and Science

Posted on July 28, 2024 by flybrand1976

Dr. Grant and Dr. Ellie Satler wait for John Hammond’s jet and then join him to travel to Costa Rica with a stop off in Dallas. Hammond claims the trip will be short and simple. Best Writing, Quotes “Although many … Continue reading →

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