Jurassic Park /

By: Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008 [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London Arrow Books, 2015Copyright date: 1991Description: x, 458 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781784752224; 1784752223Subject(s): Dinosaurs -- Fiction | Amusement parks -- Fiction | Animal genetic engineering -- Fiction | Suspense fiction | Amusement parks | Animal genetic engineering | Dinosaurs | Suspense fictionGenre/Form: Fiction. Summary: On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true and the first dinosaurs that the Earth has seen in the time of man emerge. But, as always, there is a dark side to the fantasy and after a catastrophe destroys the park's defence systems, the scientists and tourists are left fighting for survival...With this masterful cross of science fiction and action-adventure, Michael Crichton created one of the biggest bestsellers of all time, turned by Steven Spielberg into the highest grossing blockbuster ever in 1993.
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Originally published: Great Britain : Century, 1991.

On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true and the first dinosaurs that the Earth has seen in the time of man emerge. But, as always, there is a dark side to the fantasy and after a catastrophe destroys the park's defence systems, the scientists and tourists are left fighting for survival...With this masterful cross of science fiction and action-adventure, Michael Crichton created one of the biggest bestsellers of all time, turned by Steven Spielberg into the highest grossing blockbuster ever in 1993.