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The Lost World

Written by: Michael Crichton
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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 It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end - the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public.

But there are rumors that something has survived.

©1996 Michael Crichton (P)2006 Books on Tape Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Natural History Adventure Paleontology

What the critics say

"Harrowing thrills...fast-paced and engaging." ( People)
"Action-packed." ( New York Daily News)
"Fast and gripping" ( The Washington Post Book World)
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March 2022 | 4/5
Dinosaur party!! I think I enjoyed the sequel even more so than Jurassic Park - more dinos and action with all the same corporate espionage you'd expect.

The characters make much better choices this time around and still find themselves in constant peril. The science is a touch cleaner, and we get to fill in plot holes from the first book.

Super fun read and so much better than the movies.

Jurassic Fun

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Great book, terrible narration. The performance was so bland it was difficult to follow which character was which. Very disappointing for such an incredible story.

Struggled to finish

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it was a good book. I'm not knocking it. but I prefer Jurassic Park because it just seemed to flow more easily. but overall it was a good read. and now I can finally say that I finished Jurassic Park in Lost world

Great book but not as good as Jurassic Park

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A great action packed sequel to Jurassic Park. Scott Brick's narration is as good as ever, and really brings the story to life.

Great Story!

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The lost world is a great book but Jurassic park was better. Both the books are worth a listen/read they add so much to the park sadly this being the last one did leave me wanting more, and movies more focused on the books. Kelley isn't Malcolm's kid left me in shock and was good to have more of Dodgson.

great book

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Enjoyed the book and the voice acting from start to finish. One two three four.

Typical Crichton. Good listen.

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Michael Crichton quite obviously got pressured into writing this book. The success of 'Jurassic Park' (1990) - boosted by the excellent 1993 Steven Spielberg film - doubtless prompted fans and publishers to demand a sequel. This book (1995) is - notably - his only attempt at a follow-up novel in a prolific writing career.
Admirably, Crichton fashions a decent SciFi Thriller (at it's heart a book about scientists exploring an island populated with dinosaurs brought-back-to-life). The Science is well-researched and plausible, the characters are (reasonably) relatable, the conjecture about evolution and extinction is interesting, and the action scenes are realistic & vividly described.
Less fortunately, the Biotech ideas are rehashed, a dead character (Yes, Ian Malcolm *died* in the first book) is brought back to life to propel the tale, and Crichton chooses to cater to Hollywood expectations (adding precocious kids, social commentary, and a strong female character - who unfortunately feels somewhat obligatory).
All told, the book has some drawbacks, but succeeds in taking readers back to a captivating fantastical World for a rollercoaster ride of an adventure.

Scott Brick's narration is typically professional: clear diction, interested tone, decent voice-acting.. but also (typically) needs playback set at 1.15X to make up for slow pacing and annoying cadence.

This book is obviously written for an audience with expectations. It resembles the Movie version of 'Jurassic Park' far more than it resembles the novel - which is a little disappointing for a Crichton fan like me - but still merits 8.5 stars out of 10. It's nowhere near Crichton's worst effort, but it's not Top-10 either.
To conclude: 'The Lost World' isn't an indispensable read for fans of the first book (feel free to pass on it), but it's worth a Credit.

A Solid Continuation

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Harding is the hero and Malcolm a sort of Narrator. Both are some of my favourite fictional characters. Enjoy!

Harding and Malcolm, love them

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So well written, one of my absolute favourite books. This book will leave you wanting to continue, constantly wanting more!

Can’t get much better

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I really wish they would make movies that directly come from the book this would have made the movie 100% better

turn this into a movie

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