Others: Overwhelmingly positive Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically re-created dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real-world implications. A sequel titled The Lost World, also written by Crichton, was published in 1995. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World. In 1996 it was awarded the Secondary BILBY Award.
Genres: science fiction, thriller, young adult
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Jules Verne
1867 · 254 pages · 6 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveThree explorers descend to the center of the earth, where they encounter tumultuous storms, wild prehistoric animals, and fierce cavemen.
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H. G. Wells
1898 · 213 pages · 8 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveThe ultimate science fiction classic: for more than one hundred years, this compelling tale of the Martian invasion of Earth has enthralled readers with a combination of imagination and incisive commentary on the imbalance of power that continues to be relevant today. The style is revolutionary for its era, employing a sophisticated first and third person account of the events which is both personal and focused on the holistic downfall of Earth's society. The Martians, as evil, mechanical and unknown a threat they are, remain daunting in today's society, where, despite technology's mammoth advances, humanity's hegemony over Earth is yet to be called into question. In Well's introduction to the book, where the character discusses with the later deceased Ogilvy about astronomy and the possibility of alien life defeating the 'savage' (to them) nineteenth-century Britain, is he insinuating that this is the truth and fate of humanity? It's up to you to decide…
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Octavia E. Butler
1979 · 287 pages · 24 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveDana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.
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Arthur C. Clarke
1956 · 254 pages · 6 reviews
Others: Mostly negativeOmnibus
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Stephen King
1978 · 834 pages · 19 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveOne man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that - in the ensuing weeks - wipes out most of the world's population. In the aftermath, survivors choose between following an elderly black woman to Boulder or the dark man, Randall Flagg, who has set up his command post in Las Vegas. The two factions prepare for a confrontation between the forces of good and evil.
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Alfred Bester
1956 · 236 pages · 8 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveIn this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hitmen—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
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Loved itJurassic Park was my first and I only read that in January of this year. Jurassic Park does have the dinosaurs, though. Look, there's not much between them. I'm going to give them exactly the same score, which I believe is a nine.
Loved itBoy was this book good. Michael kryon sure can write. Just below ascendant.
Loved itJurassic Park we're going to give that four stars just because I don't know
Loved itBut I got to say, as much as I love the movie, I love the book even more. I think it's because it's more gruesome. You get more detailed.
Mixedthe majority of the characters are really annoying while watching the film I'm rooting for the humans to survive while reading the book I was reading for most of them to get eaten. overall for me Jurassic Park was a seven and a half out of ten I think it has an amazing premise and there were some really high points but when it came to the characters and the dialogue they weren't just not a strength they were actually detracting from my experience
Loved itwas it mind-blowing absolutely not but was it gripping terrifying engaging was it a little too long and were there a couple too many dino attacks absolutely enjoyable
