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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 13 “Airport” (Pages 79 – 81) Biosyn, Dodgson & Nedry
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
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
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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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 10 “Hammond” (Pages 67 – 72) Meet the Miniature Marketing Elephant
We’ve met Hammond three chapters earlier, and his surname will also serve as the title of Chapter 56 in the ‘7th Iteration’ towards the close of the book. Donald Gennaro, who works for InGen’s counsel, prepares to skip his daughter’s … Continue reading
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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 8 “Cowan, Swain and Ross” (Pages 57 – 59)
Chapter 8 brings us back to the lawyer’s office where we hear counsel discuss their client, Ingen and their plans for Jurassic Park. Counsel will be sending an attendee along with the audit that is bringing Alan Grant and Ian Malcolm to the island. Continue reading
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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 7 “Skeleton” (Pages 48 – 56)
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 6 “Shore of the Inland Sea” (Pages 35 – 48)
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: 1st Section, “First Iteration”
Published in 1990, this book launches an entertainment franchise with the 1994 theatrical release of the blockbuster movie. The characters and plot are faithful to the source material. The book is broken down into seven sections, listed as ‘Iterations’. This … Continue reading
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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 5 “The Shape of the Data” (Pages 29 – 31)
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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Tagged Costa Rica, Dinosaur, King cobra, poison, poisonous dinosaur
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