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Maybe the best SF book ever written.

Advantages: very easy to read
Disadvantages: it's kind of short

...I'm not a big fan of Arthur C. Clarke but Childhood's End is in my top 10 Favorite Books of All Time. It has everything. Mystery, suspense, originality,drama,aliens etc. Even though the idea of apocalypse isn't new, Clarke is original by bringing a possib ...

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Review of Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke

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Better late than never ....

Advantages: Surprisingly involving, pacey plot.
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Somehow I've managed to avoid watching the much-hyped Spielberg movie, but having heard several friends say how the book was much better than the film, I didn't resist too hard when the book was pressed on me. In case anyone is reading this who's been ...

Ariel 10.07.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

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What A Pile Of Raptor Spoor

Advantages: It was cheap
Disadvantages: Poor characterisations, writing style, ending

Before I start this review, I'm going to be completely blunt and tell you that I only bought this because Asda was selling it in a two-in-one edition for the knock down price of 97p. If it hadn't been so cheap I wouldn't have bought it, and given the chan ...

sandemp 08.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

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Crichton. King of Science Fiction

Advantages: A much better story than the film.
Disadvantages: The film may have put some people off the idea of the book.

Everyone has heard of Steven Spielberg's film "Jurassic Park". The film was a huge success on both sides of the Atlantic, and pretty much all over the Western world. That was back in 1993, and the hype has died down now. Bigger and better movies have hit ...

Nicola21 22.04.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

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Its better than the film

Advantages: Explains parts in great detail that might otherwise be difficult to understand
Disadvantages: QUite a few minor characters that might be difficult to keep track of on a first read

Where to start on this opinion? Well, first things first... The Basic Plot: A man named John Hammond opens a zoo on a remote Costa Rican island, but the animals are not ordinary animals. They are dinosaurs that have been re-created using bio-engineer ...

emmaclaire 17.04.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

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