"Human beings are so destructive,' Malcolm said. 'I sometimes think we're a kind of plague, that will scrub the Earth clean. We destroy things so well that I sometimes think, maybe that's our function. Maybe every few eons some animal comes along that kills off the rest of the world, clears the decks, and let evolution proceed to its next phase."
The Lost World
IT'S HERE!!! Today, my family and I will be seeing Jurassic World: Dominion. I know, I have seen Rotten Tomatoes, but right now this is a Dominion slander-free zone because I am so excited. I will never forget watching Jurassic Park for the first time. It was probably the scariest thing I had seen at that point in my life. I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. What better way to celebrate today than with a review of The Lost World by Michael Crichton. This book takes place years after the events of Jurassic Park. Ian Malcolm doesn't talk about what happened at the park and neither does anyone else, it is kept a secret. There are rumors of carcasses landing on nearby beaches and they are immediately destroyed. Richard Levine has been researching and trying his best to uncover the secrets of INGEN and finds a way to site B. His students, Kelly and Arby along with Dr. Thorne, Ian Malcolm, and Sarah Harding, find their way to the island to rescue him. But they are not prepared for what is on the island.
I forgot how much I love Michael Crichton's writing. The way he meshes real-world theory with a fictional story is just brilliant. I love the world he created and how he makes his readers think about the possibilities of scientific innovation and the results of this innovation. It is impossible to read an article about genetic technology or genetic creations and not think about the thoughts of Michael Crichton. As so eloquently put by Ian Malcolm in the first Jurassic Park movie, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should." Now, if you have seen the movies then you may feel as if the dinosaurs are the "bad guys." But if you read the books, the dinosaurs act on instinct. They aren't monsters, they are animals. It is the humans behind them that are the monsters.
In this book, the main villain is Dodgson.
He plans to use the dinosaurs for his own greed and exploitation. His company wants to test on dinosaurs rather than animals because, in his mind, dinosaurs don't have rights. So that opens up another can of worms that Michael Crichton makes his readers consider: what determines who and who doesn't have rights? If something is made, can it be used for nefarious purposes? See what I mean, these books just make you think! And also... humans are monsters.
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