Thursday, January 12, 2012

Book Review: JURASSIC PARK


Jurassic Park is a book written in 1990.
It’s a Science-fiction, a Techno-thriller and a Horror-fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. Michael Crichton was an American best-selling author, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres.
The book centers on the fictional Isla Nublar near Costa Rica in the Central American Pacific Coast, where a billionaire philanthropist and a small team of genetic scientists recreated dinosaurs to the wild state. The book uses the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its philosophical implications to explain the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically recreated dinosaurs.
The book was realized in movie by Steven Spielberg. It’s a famous film. The film cost over $900 million worldwide, becoming the most successful film released up to that time, it is the most financially successful film for Universal and Steven Spielberg.

CAST
·               Richard Attenborough as John Hammond, billionaire CEO of InGen and creator of Jurassic Park.
·               Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant, a leading paleontologist and main protagonist.
·               Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler, a paleobotanist and graduate student of Grant's.
·               Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm, a wealthy mathematician and chaos theorist.
·               Ariana Richards as Lex Murphy, Hammond's granddaughter.
·               Joseph Mazzello as Tim Murphy, Hammond's grandson.
·               Wayne Knight as Dennis Nedry, the disgruntled architect of Jurassic Park's computer systems.

Prehistoric animals

Tyrannosaurus            Velociraptor                        Triceratops                        Stegosaurus                        Dilophosaurus

Procompsognathus            Apatosaurus                         Maiasaura                        Hypsilophodon             Hadrosaurus

Microceratops                        Othnielia                         Euoplocephalus             Styracosaurus                         Cearadactylus

Questions:  
What’s the name of the book?            A) The last world            B) The new world            C) The lost world
What dinosaur is on the cover?            A) A Velociraptor            B) A Tyrannosaurus            C) A Triceratops

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