In 1995, The Lost World was published and the film adaptation began production the following year. Crichton is reported as declining offers until Spielberg himself offered to direct a movie of Crichton’s sequel. Crichton sold the rights for $1.5 million and retained a percentage of the gross profits.Īfter Jurassic Park was released onto home video, Crichton was pressured into producing a sequel. In 1990, Universal acquired the rights with the help of Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment producers. Pictures, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures all bid for the rights to the story before it was even published. Crichton spent many years writing the book, during which time Steven Spielberg learned of the novel. After fighting with the idea, he produced the story of Jurassic Park as it is known today. In 1983, Crichton conceived the first ideas for a screenplay about a dinosaur being cloned from fossil DNA. This led to four sequels in film, although only the first two movies were based on Crichton’s novels. The book was successful, along with Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film adaptation. In 1990, before Jurassic Park was even released, Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment bought the rights to the novel to create a media franchise. The books center on a story that depicts a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of clone dinosaurs. They include the original dust jackets and are housed in a custom clamshell case. Both books are individually signed and inscribed by the author. The Lost World was published out of New York by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in 1995. Jurassic Park was published out of New York by Alfred A. Presented are Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and The Lost World. Dust jackets and housed in custom clamshell.

Signed and Inscribed, first editions, two-volumes. Knopf, 1990, New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995. About Crichton, Michael, Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

Jurassic park first edition