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The Lost World

Michael Crichton

  • 419 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1995
  • 78 editions
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1 About this book

The Lost World is a 1995 techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton, and the sequel to his 1990 novel Jurassic Park. It is his tenth novel under his own name and his twentieth overall, and it was published by Knopf. A paperback edition followed in 1996. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, which is unrelated to the 2015 film of the same name.

Good for readers who want: science fiction and spy fiction.

  • Science fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Espionage
  • Adventure
  • Thrillers, espionage
  • Thrillers, technological
  • Dinosaurs
  • Cloning

2 About Michael Crichton

1942–2008

John Michael Crichton ( KRY-tən; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres.

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