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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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Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Chapter 10 “Hammond” (Pages 67 – 72) Meet the Miniature Marketing Elephant

Posted on July 27, 2024 by flybrand1976

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: 1st Section, “First Iteration”

Posted on November 16, 2023 by flybrand1976

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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Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan: Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter Review: Chapter 8 – A Hollywood Night Club

Posted on December 15, 2021 by flybrand1976

The poor design of the Martian space ship auto-pilot traps Unk and Boaz deep in a cave on Mercury, where they cannot escape. The creatures of Mercury, known as Harmonium, spell out the words “It’s an intelligence test!” with their shimmering bodies. Continue reading →

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