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

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?

“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

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

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

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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