In 1981, American writer Michael Crichton began working on a story with dinosaurs at the center while observing how permanently fascinated the public was with these prehistoric creatures. The original story, a screenplay, was completed in 1983, but Crichton struggled with how to make it work from a scientific perspective.
Around 1988, Crichton revisited the work and completely shifted the reasoning behind why one would try to "create" a dinosaur to be from a place of entertainment. His first drafts were told from the perspective of two children, and his first readers almost universally hated these drafts. Upon switching the perspective to be from an adult and expanding heavily on "chaos theory," he won over readers and completed his novel, the 1990 thriller Jurassic Park.
Crichton and publisher Alfred A. Knopf released Jurassic Park in October of 1990. The book became a massive bestseller and by 1993 had sold more than nine million copies. The story is still lauded today, with Goodreads placing it at the top spot of their ranking of "Most Popular Books of the 1990s." On Goodreads, Jurassic Park holds a 4.14 rating and has been rated over a million times by users.
View this post on InstagramJurassic Park takes place at the titular theme park, a dinosaur zoo on Isla Nublar created by billionaire John Hammond. In order to justify the park and its reputability, Hammond invites paleontologist Alan Grant and mathematician Ian Malcolm to the island to vouch for its safety. When a disgruntled employee shuts off the power and security systems to steal frozen embryos, the dinosaurs are let loose and begin roaming free. The remaining visitors and staff struggle to avoid vicious attacks from predators and restore power to the park.
The novel has gone on to be considered Crichton's signature body of work and launched a wildly successful film franchise, generating billions of dollars at the box office.
Jurassic Park and other works by Michael Crichton are available wherever books are sold.
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