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The Lost World

by Michael Crichton

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I love this book more than Jurassic Park. Ian Malcolm is, by far, one of my favourite literary characters. (Third only to Sean Dillon from Jack Higgins' novels and Richard Bolitho from Alexander Kent's.) This thrusts him further into the spotlight....And while this sequel lacks the original's "Ooohs" and "Ahhhhs" because, let's face it, we've done the whole dinosaur shocker already. Still, it's chock full of corporate threats and yummy human snacks. ( )
DistortedSmile | Apr 20, 2009 | 1 vote
I like The Lost World, though a little less than its prequel, Jurassic Park. I thought the Jurassic Park introduction and opening were better, although they it was used in the movie version of The Lost World. Also, the book/movie continuity issues continue with the fact that two characters in this movie die at the end of the book version of Jurassic Park. ( )
06nwingert | Apr 18, 2009 |  
It's bizarre that this acts almost as a sequel to the movie rather than the book, but whatevs. Dinosaurs, yay. ( )
bluedream | Apr 12, 2009 |  
The Lost World is the sequel to Jurassic Park, and it just isn't nearly as good. Crichton apparently originally didn't want to write a sequel, but the enormous success of the Jurassic Park movie (coupled with some pressure from movie makers in the form of truckloads of money) caused him to change his mind. The end result seems strained and unfocused, as if Crichton simply had no good ideas and decided to just toss in a bunch of people and dinosaurs at random.

A character who unequivocally died in the first book is back (a concession to the movie, where that character survived), and becomes the central character of the book. A hidden source of trouble, unmentioned by any of the characters in the first book (including those who necessarily would have known of it) is the central locale of the plot. People run off to do silly things. A new evil corporation crops up, not the same one as in Jurassic Park, and does evil things. Rescue missions are planned. Greedy people make shortsighted decisions in pursuit of money, and poetic justice is visited upon them.

The book just seems tired and stale. Reading the book feels like eating day old bread - it was probably really good yesterday, but today it is just good enough to be edible. The Lost World is just good enough to be readable, but nothing more than that. ( )
StormRaven | Oct 30, 2008 |  
Not really like the movie, this book was very interesting. Not up to par with Jurassic Park, but still good. ( )
yrthegood1staken | Sep 16, 2008 |  
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"What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world." Albert Einstein
"Deep in the chaotic regime, slight changes in structure almost always cause vast changes in behavior. Complex controllable bahavior seems precluded." Stuart Kauffman
"Sequelae are inherently unpredictable." Ian Malcolm
Dedication
To Carolyn Conger
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The Santa Fe Institute was housed in a series of buildings on Canyon Road which had formerly been a convent, and the Institute's seminars were held in a room which had served as a chapel.
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0679419462, Hardcover)

Written in the wake of Jurassic Park's phenomenal box-office success, The Lost World seems as much a guidebook for Hollywood types hard at work on the franchise's followup as it is a legitimate sci-fi thriller. Which begs the inevitable questions: Is the plot a rehash of the first book? Sure it is, with the action unfolding on yet another secluded island, the mysterious "Site B." Is the cast of characters basically the same? Absolutely, from a freshly minted pair of cute, compu-savvy kids right down to the neatly exhumed chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (who was presumed dead at the close of JP). But is it fun to read? You betcha. Hollywood (and Michael Crichton) keeps telling us the same old stories for a very good reason: we like them. And the pulp SF formula Crichton has mastered with Jurassic Park and The Lost World is no exception. --Paul Hughes

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400)

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