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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 9 “Plans” (Pages 59 – 66)

Chapter 9 returns us to Alan Grant’s velociraptor excavation site where he is provided information about Isla Nubar that lacks any context or clarity. He imagines the velociraptor they excavate as a living organism, hunting in packs and deadly to all. 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: 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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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 4 “New York” (Pages 25 – 28)

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 3 “The Beach” (Pages 22 – 24)

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 1 “Almost Paradise” (Pages 9 – 14)

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 – “Introduction”

This first chapter, a stub of an introduction reads like a technical history of the biochemistry industry and introduces the reader to InGen via a pseudo-epistle. Continue reading

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DIY Foil, Efoil, E-Foil Stand; Easy, Fast & Cheap

To watch a one minute YouTube short on how to build this, click here. We built this entire set up for less than $9.33. Lift sells a clever design of a board holder for $150. You can purchase designs for … Continue reading

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