Jurassic Park (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Crichton
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cautionary
- Time of Work: 1989
- Setting: An island off the western coast of Costa Rica
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: 1980’s, Islands, Central America or Central Americans, Amusement parks, Clones or cloning, Costa Rica, Prehistoric animals
- Locales: Costa Rica
The Plot
John Hammond, owner of a biotechnology firm called InGen, Inc., plans to open a theme park featuring living dinosaurs on Isla Nublar, off the west coast of Costa Rica. Dr. Henry Wu, a brilliant young geneticist who works for Hammond, has cloned the dinosaurs from ancient DNA. Hammonds investors are concerned about the safety of the park, so Hammond brings several consultants to the island. These include Dr. Alan Grant, a paleontologist; Dr. Ellie Sattler, a paleobotanist; Donald Gennaro, legal counsel for InGen; and Dr. Ian Malcolm, a mathematician who specializes in...
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