num_pages: 400
description: Unless your species evolved sometime after 1993 when Jurassic Park hit theaters, you're no doubt familiar with this dinosaur-bites-man disaster tale set on an island theme park gone terribly wrong. But if Speilberg's amped-up CGI creation left you longing for more scientific background and ... well, character development, check out the original Michael Crichton novel. Although not his best book (get ahold of sci-fi classic The Andromeda Strain for that), Jurassic Park fills out the film version's kinetic story line with additional scenes, dialogue, and explanations while still maintaining Crichton's trademark thrills-'n'-chills pacing. As ever, the book really is better than the movie.--Paul Hughes
language: English
title: Jurassic Park
titlecomplete: Jurassic Park
characters: Ian Malcolm, Alan Grant, John Hammond, Ellie Sattler, Tim Murphy
genres: Thriller, Science Fiction, Dinosaurs, Science Fiction Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy, Classics, Adult, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 932052
places: Isla Nublar, Costa Rica
series: Jurassic Park
awards: awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Audie Award
category: Science Fiction, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Secondary, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Nevada Young Readers' Award
category: Young Adult Category , awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Evergreen Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Soaring Eagle Book Award, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Iowa Teen Award
publisher: Ballantine Books