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FURTHER READING

Biography

Jaynes, Gregory; Ressner, Jeffrey; and Sachs, Andrea. "Meet Mister Wizard." Time 146, No. 3 (25 September 1995): 60-7.

Overview of Crichton's life and literary career.

Criticism

Kakutani, Michiko. "Back in the Land of Dinosaur Cloning." The New York Times (10 October 1995): B4.

Faults The Lost World as a "predictable and unimaginative" retelling of Jurassic Park.

Lemonick, Michael D. "How Good Is His Science?" Time 146, No. 13 (25 September 1995): 65.

Focuses on Crichton's technical knowledge of dinosaurs in The Lost World.

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1. Introduction
2. ∗Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Pauline Kael (review date 9 November 1981)
   2. David Denby (review date 16 November 1981)
   3. Gary Jennings (review date 11 November 1990)
   4. Ronald Preston (review date 21 November 1990)
   5. J. P. Telotte (essay date 1990)
   6. Robert Nathan (review date 9 February 1992)
   7. Ian Buruma (review date 23 April 1992)
   8. Karl Taro Greenfeld (review date 11 May 1992)
   9. Julian Loose (review date 22 October 1992)
   10. Stephen Jay Gould (review date 12 August 1993)
   11. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (review date 6 January 1994)
   12. John Schulian (review date 16 January 1994)
   13. Patt Morrison (review date 16 January 1994)
   14. Julie Burchill (review date 22 January 1994)
   15. Geraldine Brennan (review date 30 January 1994)
   16. Douglas Kennedy (review date 4 February 1994)
   17. Michael Coren (review date 21 February 1994)
   18. Francine Prose (review date October 1994)
   19. Publishers Weekly (review date 21 August 1995)
   20. Mark Annichiarico (review date 15 September 1995)
   21. Mim Udovitch (review date 1 October 1995)
4. Further Reading
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