The late twentieth century has witnessed a scientific gold rush of astonishing proportions: the headlong and furious haste to commercialize genetic engineering. “Reptiles are abhorrent because of their cold body, pale color, cartilaginous skeleton, filthy skin, fierce aspect, calculating eye, offensive smell, harsh voice, squalid habitation, and terrible venom wherefore their Creator has not exerted his powers to make many of them.” Second Iteration The Shore of the Inland Sea The edition published by arrangement with Alfred A. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-52960 Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.īallantine and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Published by The Random House Publishing Group “By far the best science fiction I have read since Jules Verne in my youth.” “A scary, creepy, mesmerizing techno-thriller with teeth.” “Vastly entertaining … tornado-paced tale … Easily the most exciting dinosaur novel ever written. “Crichton’s sci-fi is convincingly detailed.” “Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.” “A winner … Highly entertaining … Michael Crichton has written a thriller combining sophisticated biotechnology with prehistoric legend. “Ingenious … JURASSIC PARK is hard to beat for sheer intellectual entertainment.” “Riveting … A winning blend of action, suspense, and information.” “Intellectually provocative, high-octane entertainment.” “Crichton’s notion is wonderful precisely because nothing about it is entirely outside the realm of possibility.… He presents an astonishingly plausible case that a lot of money and a little bit of luck are all one would need to make this book’s unlikely scenario become real.”
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