ryanripley 86,575 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 yes, Jurassic Park is based on a book! a lot of people i've spoken to about this (me included until about 2 months ago) had no idea the movie was based on a book so i decided to give it a shot and BOY let me be the first bottom to tell you: this book is amazing there is a lot of drama and build up in this that the movie really missed out on and honestly, they could remake the movie with a way more true-to-the-book storyline and it be an almost new movie some minor differences: in the book, Tim is the older sibling (11 years old) whilst Lex is only 8 years old in the book, Dr Grant is described as having a beard and being a huge fan of kids (in the movie, he hates kids ) in the book, raptors are described to be yellow with brown stripes and at one point are spotted on a boat that's leaving Jurassic Park in the book, Gennaro (pictured left) is decribed as being muscular and his spot in the car (in the movie when rexxy break outs) is taken by Ed Regis in the book (pictured right) i didn't want to talk too much about the plot but the book is absolutely worth the read if you're a huge fan of the movie has anyone else here read it? i'm only about 50% of the way through https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retron 2,605 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I loved the movie so much as a kid, I asked my mom to pick up the book. I (nor my mother) had any idea what I was in for. She was just happy I was interested in reading, so she dutifully got it for me. It's so different from the movie, so much more violent, intense, frightening. I was 10; way too young. I loved it. I need to reread it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Retron said: I loved the movie so much as a kid, I asked my mom to pick up the book. I (nor my mother) had any idea what I was in for. It's so different from the movie, so much more violent, intense, frightening. I was 10; way too young. I loved it. I need to reread it. it's incredible how different it is and i lowkey love it because i feel like i'm experiencing the story all over again Spoiler poor Denis Nedry holding his own intestines right before dying https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomiel25 2,100 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Of course i love it as i love the second book my favorite part is when Ellie is in the fog with the raptors. It was one of my first books i can't speak english but i can if you like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 105,737 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Yes! read them when I was a kid! JP is my all favorite movie because I just love dinos and prehistory! His fart felt like a kiss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomiel25 2,100 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Is so bad that Michael Crichton is dead just imagine a third book of JP i can't speak english but i can if you like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Just now, milotomi19 said: Is so bad that Michael Crichton is dead just imagine a third book of JP WHAT https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retron 2,605 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Just now, ryanripley said: WHAT Yes, in 2008. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, Retron said: Yes, in 2008. nnn my day is ruined https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomiel25 2,100 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Michael Crichton and Arthur C. Clarke will always have a spot in my heart i just remember how depressed i was when i finished the second book, and started looking for a third part and discovered that he had died a few years earlier. I just remember how magical was reading those books under the sheets of my beed. i can't speak english but i can if you like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomiel25 2,100 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Gagadaily should have a read club were we can share recomendations of books. i can't speak english but i can if you like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, milotomi19 said: Gagadaily should have a read club were we can share recomendations of books. there is a book club thread but it's dead https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreas85 392 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I've read most of Crichton's books including this one. I wouldn't compare it to a movie because they aren't even meant to be similar. Both of them are exciting and memorable in their own ways. The best moment in the book is probably the one where Grant and the kids try to sneak past a sleeping t-rex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomiel25 2,100 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, ryanripley said: there is a book club thread but it's dead Oh no like Michael C. I just hope that Stephen King live a lot years more. i can't speak english but i can if you like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Just now, milotomi19 said: Oh no like Michael C. I just hope that Stephen King live a lot years more. i am yet to read a King novel but i have It on my kindle ready https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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