Jurassic Park (German Edition)

by Michael Crichton Narrated by Oliver Rohrbeck

Overview

Einem Team von ehrgeizigen Wissenschaftlern um den Milliardär John Hammond ist Sensationelles gelungen: Aus konservierter DNA haben sie 15 Saurierarten neu gezüchtet. Die Tiere sollen die Hauptattraktion in einem Freizeitpark auf einer Insel vor Costa Ricas Küste sein. Doch als ein Team von Paläontologen den Park vor der Eröffnung inspiziert, kommt es zur Katastrophe. Die Sicherheitszäune versagen und plötzlich bewegen sich die gefährlichen Echsen frei über die Insel. Menschen und Saurier liefern sich einen Kampf, den nur eine Art überleben kann ...

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

An island off Costa Rica will soon be the world's most ambitious theme park--a dinosaur preserve. A visionary financier's biotechnology company has succeeded in cloning these extinct reptiles. Fifteen different species, presumably incapable of breeding, are now placidly roaming around, but Jurassic Park's resident mathematician, an expert in chaos theory, predicts that the animals' behavior is inherently unstable. When a rival genetics firm attempts to steal frozen dinosaur embryos, things go haywire. Two cute American kids, eight-year-old Tina and 11-year-old Tim, a safari guide from Kenya and a Denver paleontologist set things aright--almost. Though the dinosaurs here are more interesting than the people, Crichton ( The Andromeda Strain ) ingeniously interweaves details of genetic engineering, computer wizardry and current scientific controversy over dinosaurs to fashion a scary, creepy, mesmerizing techno-thriller with teeth. It can be read as a thought-provoking fable about technological hubris and the hazards of bioengineering. 150,000 first printing; Literary Guild main selection; movie rights sold to Steven Spielberg/Universal Pictures . (Nov.)

School Library Journal

YA-- Massive sums spent on biotechnology, 24 Cray supercomputers sent to a fog-shrouded island off Costa Rica, and expert advice bought from paleontologists have combined to produce the most incredible amusement park of all time. Jurassic Park is inhabited by real dinosaurs, over 200 of them, all cloned from snippets of ancient DNA. Crichton is a master at blending technology with fiction, creating a tale all the more terrifying because it could happen. And the terror is heightened when dinosaurs escape from their barricaded area on the island, an event occasioned by the foolhardiness of relying on technology to control their range. Readers can just imagine being caught in the open with these dinosaurs after there's been a massive power outage on the island. Suspense, excitement, and good adventure pervade this book--and few YAs will be able to resist it.-- Pam Spencer, Jefferson Sci-Tech, Alexandria, VA

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169446197
Publisher:	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/23/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged
Language:	German

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