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Jurassic Park

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Jurassic Park

By: Michael Crichton
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo, this is the classic thriller of science run amok that took the world by storm.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

“[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.” - Chicago Sun-Times

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them - for a price.

Until something goes wrong...

In Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton taps all his mesmerizing talent and scientific brilliance to create his most electrifying technothriller.

Praise for Jurassic Park

“Wonderful... powerful.” - The Washington Post Book World

“Frighteningly real...compelling... It’ll keep you riveted.” - The Detroit News

“Full of suspense.” - The New York Times Book Review

©1990 Michael Crichton and © 2014 by Dinosaur Holdings LLC. (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Action & Adventure Adventure Fantasy Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary

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The thrilling audiobook Jurassic Park is written by Michael Crichton and expertly narrated by Scott Brick. The novel has been adapted for the screen in 1993 and again in 2015 as a blockbuster of the same name. In either an exhilarating fantasy or an outlandish experiment gone terribly wrong, humans take dinosaur DNA and clone it in an attempt to put these incredible creatures back on Earth in a zoo. Then everything goes terribly wrong. Be enthralled as this book will take you on the adventure of a lifetime. Available now from Audible.

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Critic reviews

"Scott Brick brings a chilling calm to the complex story with his deep, even tone and clear enunciation.... He does a particularly fine portrayal of John Hammond, the creator of the controversial park, giving the character a raspy edge that suits the dark agenda beneath his grandfatherly facade." (AudioFile)
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You all know the plot from the film - mad billionaire creates a theme part full of genetically modified dinosaurs. I have to say though, and a lot of this is to do with the narration (Scott Brick is a favourite of mine), the audiobook is much more exciting.

Despite the T-Rex making the front cover, it is the velociraptors that stole the show; from seemingly adorable babies to cunning, predator adults. Kudos to Dr Grant, if I was him, I would have left Lex behind - she was incredibly annoying and kept putting them in danger, wee pain!

Excellent Ride

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I did enjoy this, and thought the narration was very good, though I was flagging a little bit by the end - felt like the story easily could have been reigned in by an hour or so.

I do wish the author had been a bit more varied when it came to relating some of the dialogue. The number of times the characters' conversations followed the same "he said/she said/he said/she said" format became quite irritating. Maybe just a quirk of the conversion to audiobook, but it repeatedly felt like the kind of thing you'd expect from a kid writing a story at junior school, and it was really jarring and noticeable when it happened (which was quite a bit).

Pretty good

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Like everyone else, I’ve seen the film but I wondered what the book was like. Quite superb and so much more depth than the film. Highly recommended

Excellent

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Thought the narrator was sometimes very monotonous but apart from that loved it. Hope you do the lost world too

Brill book worth 5 stars

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After years of thinking about reading/listening to this book I finally worked up enough courage to do so. I was not disappointed as I've only ever seen the movie I was blown away by how different it was in comparison. There's more tension especially in the first half of the book and its more graphic than I expected.

There are a few moments when the story slows down and it explains all the science it won't be to everyone's taste but I liked it.

Well worth a read/listen and I plan on doing so again in the future

Brilliant

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great story and cool action I enjoyed it. added some cool but from the film. mad more sense

loved the.book more than the film

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I thoroughly enjoyed this. Crighton is a legend and I was not disappointed. Narrator was excellent also.

Excellent

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this is a really great story and a lot more in depth than the movie, narrated really well and keeps you attention with his use of different voices, there is however one small problem. The second book in the series the lost world, is only available in German so now I can't listen to it

really good but.....

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Absolutely loved it. The movie is one of my favourites ever and this far surpassed it in terms of storytelling and drama. One of my new favourite books!

Top quality storytelling

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One of the best Audible books in my collection- always loved the film but the book and the performance is far better - must read for any fiction fan!

Superb reading of a great story - highly recommended

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