The Lost World

I'm approximately 76 pages from finishing Michael Crichton's Lost World and loving it! The Lost World is one of my favorite movies of all time, and I was surprised how different it is compared to the book. The movie portrays Ian Malcolm as the main character, but the book almost dwarfs him when compared to Levine, the arrogant, rich, and quite annoying scientist. The setting takes place on Isla Sorna, a secret island controlled by Ingen and used as a dinosaur engineering facility. In short, Isla Sorna is Hammond's dirty little secret where many dinosaurs died as a result of testing. Rumors have spread that strange creatures are appearing on the chain of islands that Isla Sorna is found on, and Ian and company figure out which island it is. They travel there to rescue Levine, who on his own traveled there by himself to see the dinosaurs in person. Unfortunately for Levine, he runs into some velociraptors, a predator I would never want to come face to face with. In my final paper I will discuss some more science of the book, but I was surprised that genetic engineering isn't the main topic of the book. The focus appears to be on extinction and dinosaur behavior. An interesting topic that I wish to delve into further in my final paper.