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Jurassic Park (novel)

1990 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton; it is a cautionary tale about genetic engineering that presents the collapse of a zoological park which showcases genetically recreated dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real-world implications. A sequel titled The Lost World, also written by Crichton, was published in 1995.

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The public source identifies “Jurassic Park (novel)” as 1990 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jurassic, Park and novel.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990, 1995—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jurassic, Park and novel providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1990 and 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jurassic Park (novel)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.