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6724233 No.6724233 [Reply] [Original]

Howdy, /lit/. I was wanting to finally get around to reading Jurassic park.

However, there seems to be a lot of different versions of it. I was wondering which version you recommend the most.

I'm a hardcover man. I like the way they look a lot more than paperback, so I'm only interested in hardcover.
On amazon they have the hardcover as orange, but I can't seem to find any pictures of an orange JP book.

Or, should I just get the Jurassic park and lost world 2-in-1? It's a bit pricier, but I like the way it looks. The only thing I'm apprehensive about it is I hear Lost world isn't that good. I'd hate to pay more just for a prettier cover and another story I wouldn't want/wouldn't like.

>> No.6724264

>>6724233
Just by the fucking book you cunt. I thought this was going to be a thread about the content of the books but you're asking about the fucking covers.

Cunt.

>> No.6724269

>>6724264
I'm asking about which edition is the most recommended, not the the cover exclusively.

>> No.6724294

>>6724233
The Franklin Books one. It's bound in aged Velociraptor leather and has an alt title on the cover. It's only a few hundred $.

>> No.6724298

>>6724294
Is there any reason in particular that it's $900?

>> No.6724349

I like the Barnes & Noble collectible edition. It has shiny page edges and it looks cool.

>> No.6724408

>>6724349
I agree, I love the way it looks. But I keep seeing people talk about the ink bleeding, is that true?

Is the lost world good? I hear it isn't as good as the original, but it isn't as bad as the movie was, was it?

>> No.6724531

Holy shit, just get the cheapest copy you can find and if you like it, worry about buying a nice edition. Its not like the different printings have different endings.

>> No.6724569

>>6724408
>I agree, I love the way it looks. But I keep seeing people talk about the ink bleeding, is that true?

I had no issues in my copy.

>> No.6724584

>>6724298
Famous artist, actual snake leather, signed and limited

>> No.6724602

>>6724569
On the barnes and noble page for it some of the reviews say the ink runs a bit, I think mostly on the spine. Think it might have been an issue for early copies?

>>6724584
Oh, that's neat. Is it signed by the author or the one who garnished the edition?

>> No.6724670

I want to read this book, but i've already seen the movie

Is there another book about a monster befested area that i could read instead?

>> No.6724681

>>6724670
The book actually is pretty different from the movie

>> No.6724727

>>6724670
Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo

>> No.6724760
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6724760

I like the Barnes and Noble edition. The illustrations inside the cover look cool.

Why worry about this though? The books is mediocre and the sequels are shit.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/barnes-noble-leatherbound-classics-jurassic-park-the-lost-world-michael-crichton/1106658832?ean=9780307291844

>> No.6724919

>>6724233
Do NOT get the hard cover red Ballantine Books version. Not sure if its just mine but I've never seen so many mistakes in printing. Fuck.

>> No.6724951

>>6724760
What do you mean? Are you saying the book and it's sequel are bad? Don't really understand what you were trying to get across.

>> No.6724956

>>6724919
Wait, is that the one on amazon? http://www.amazon.com/Jurassic-Park-Michael-Crichton/dp/1613835051/

It doesn't look red to me. It looks orange.

>> No.6725020

>>6724951
They're both good by genre fiction standards.

>> No.6725027

>>6724670
The Lost World, both the Doyle and the Jurassic Park sequel

>> No.6725051

>>6725020
lel no.

You're just saying that because you read them and liked them and now you need a post hoc "patrish" rationalization for it.

>> No.6725063

>>6725027
Not poster but if you like Doyle's Lost World I recommend Greg Bear's meta-sequel Dinosaur Summer.

>> No.6725066

>>6725051
There's nothing patrish about genre fiction, friend. It's the book equivalent to a "popcorn flick".

>> No.6725081

>>6725066
The book equivalent to a popcorn flick would not be genre fiction, it's one rung lower--pulp.

>> No.6725090

>>6725081
No, Pulp is equivalent to B movies.

>> No.6725317

>>6725066

The movie Jurassic Park is a popcorn flick. The book Jurassic Park is a pile of didactic bullshit that reads like something a middle schooler wrote after playing with his toy dinosaurs and hearing a one sentence summary of rousseau's Theory of Natural Human.