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Jurassic Park / Michael Crichton.

Summary:

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening the attraction to the public, he invites some scientists to experience the park and help calm anxious investors; but, during the visit, the security system breaks down and prehistoric creatures break out.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0345370775 :
  • ISBN: 9780345370778
  • Physical Description: xii, 399 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Ballantine Books ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 1991, c1990.
Subject: Clones and cloning > Fiction.
Dinosaurs > Fiction.
Genre: Science fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library PS 3553 .R48 J87 1991 30534860 General Collection Available -

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Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
by Crichton, Michael
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Jurassic Park

John Michael Crichton, known as Michael Crichton, was born on October 28, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He wrote novels while attending Harvard University and Harvard Medical School to help pay the tuition. One of these, The Andromeda Strain, which was published in 1969, became a bestseller. After graduating summa cum laude, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute in California before becoming a full-time writer and film director. His carefully researched novels included Eaters of the Dead, The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Congo, Sphere, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World, Airframe, and Micro. He also wrote non-fiction works including Five Patients: The Hospital Explained, Jasper Johns, and Travels. In the late 1960s, he also wrote under the pen names Jeffrey Hudson and John Lange. He has received several awards including Writer of the Year in 1970 from the Association of American Medical Writers and two Edgar Awards in 1968 and in 1979. Many of his novels have been made into highly successful films, six of which he directed. He was also the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning television series ER. In addition to his writing and directorial success, his expertise in information science enabled him to run a software company and develop a computer game. He died of cancer on November 4, 2008 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography)


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