Hello and welcome to the marginalia post for one of September’s bonus reads, The Lost World by Michael Crichton, the sequel to Jurassic Park (which we read in June-July). Starting on the 17th, we will do five book discussions, followed by a movie discussion – see the full discussion schedule here.

In case you’re new here, the marginalia post is the collaborative equivalent of scribbling notes onto the margins of your book. You can use this post to write down anything that strikes your fancy while you read the book, such as your observations, favourite quotes, links to related articles, miscellaneous comments etc.

It would be great if you could include the section of the book (e.g. First Configuration, Palo Alto) so that your fellow readers can easily look up the relevant bit that you are discussing. Spoiler tags are also much appreciated because not everyone reading your comment may be as far into the book as you are. To indicate a spoiler, enclose the relevant text with the > ! and ! < characters (there is no space in-between) e.g. Major spoilers for the end of the Third Configuration – Example spoiler

Any questions or constructive criticism are welcome.

Happy reading, and talk to you all next weekend for the first discussion!

Bookclub Bingo 2023 categories: Sci-fi (grey), Horror, A Book Written in the 1990s, Bonus Book (blue)

Trigger warnings: Storygraph users have marked the book with the following trigger warnings: Death, Violence, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Cursing

Other potentially useful links:

• The Jurassic Park discussions
• The Lost World schedule
• Michael Crichton on Wikipedia