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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() She’s interested in baseball and not much else, while Tim is knowledgeable about computers and dinosaurs. In the book, Tim is the older sibling, and Lex is the younger. ![]() The former struggles to understand children and can’t understand why Dr. They find an intact velociraptor fossil, and an immediate difference between the film and the book Alan Grant is made clear. When the film begins, viewers are nearly immediately taken to a paleontological dig in Montana, where Dr. In the book, Hammond is much closer to the villain than he is in the movie (where he plays the role of a well-meaning but ignorant grandfather). It becomes clear as the novel progresses that Hammond may say the right things about letting anyone visit the park, but he doesn’t mean it. He’s interested in capturing the world’s imagination and ensuring that everyone, no matter their economic situation, can see his creations. Hammond’s lawyer, Gennaro, who shows more backbone in the book than in the film, reminds Hammond that their investors have serious concerns about the park. But Hammond brushes his concerns off, suggesting (as his film version repeatedly does) that he’s not interested in making money. The novel begins with a girl on the beach getting attacked by Compies (the beginning chosen for the second film, The Lost World). ![]()
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