Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park, a novel by Michael Crichton, is a story of how people's greed, ambition, mistakes, and desire to accomplish the impossible turn the simple concept of an amusement park into a disaster that will forever be remembered by those involved. Isla Nublar, a secluded island off the coast of Costa Rica is where John Hammond, with the help of his geneticist, uses dinosaur blood obtained from prehistoric biting insects to recreate dinosaurs. Hammond recruits a team of scientists to evaluate his park, and brings them, along with the computer programmer responsible for the code that keeps the park running, to Jurassic Park. The computer programmer, a sly and greedy man, shuts off the power to the park in his attempt to steal the company’s knowledge and sell it to a

I didn’t much care for the book. One thing that I’ve discovered now that I’ve reread the book a few times, and have read all the parts in it, is how great an author Crichton is. I avoided those pages because I thought they were scary, and they intimidated me, but once I took the time to read the way he uses his characters to explain things, he has become one of my favorites. I’ve read books by other technical authors and did not like them as much because there is no explanation of what the experts are talking about. One thing this book has done for me is shown me how much my reading has improved over the years. One connection I’ve made is that some real world scientists do tend to focus on whether or not they can do something versus whether or not they should. As technology is advancing, cloning is becoming possible, and I hope that scientists always ask themselves whether or not they should be doing what they now can. Overall, Jurassic Park is one of my favorite books, and every time I reread it, I learn something