Recommended Age:
14
+
Ideal for readers who enjoy fast-paced, suspenseful science fiction with immersive, character-driven storytelling.
About the Book
Billionaire John Hammond has used recovered dinosaur DNA to populate a theme park on a remote island with living prehistoric animals, and invites a group of scientists and his grandchildren for a preview visit just as the park's digital control systems begin to fail and the dinosaurs escape containment. Combining genuine paleontological detail with a propulsive thriller plot, the novel is Crichton at his most entertaining. A landmark of techno-thriller science fiction.
Content Ratings
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Moderate Themes
The book's central argument — that science divorced from ethics and humility is catastrophically dangerous — is sustained throughout. Themes of corporate recklessness, chaos theory, and the hubris of genetic control are central.
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High Violence
Dinosaurs kill multiple characters in graphic sequences. Deaths are depicted with physical detail. Violence is sustained.
Engagement:
Genre:
Science Fiction
Published:
1990
Page Count:
399
