Talk:The Lost World (Crichton novel)

A Sequel?
The The Lost World: Jurassic Park includes characters from Jurassic Park but I do not see any continuation of the original storyline reflected in those characters, mainly Malcom and Harding. Neither of them mention ever seeing a dinosaur before they arrived at Isla Sorna in The Lost World Jurassic Park. Also Kelly is Malcoms daughter in the movie.


 * First, Harding wasn't in the original movie. Secondly, Malcolm mentions his experiences with the dinosaurs repeatedly in both the novel and film.  I'm not sure where you got this. --Bishop2 13:49, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Malcom only hints that he was at the original park, the movie shows him as being very vocal about seeing dinosaurs. The Lost World is definately a sequal I just think some aspects of how the two books link together are debatable.

Malcolm is still alive?
I'm sorry, but I remember reading in Jurassic Park that Malcolm had died in the end, since he doesn't appear anywhere in the end of the novel. I would apreciate some enlightenment about this, thak you. --200.76.103.98 (talk) 00:39, 25 January 2008 (UTC)Surten


 * IIRC, at the end of "Jurassic Park", the other characters were told that Malcolm was dead, but it was never verified. Zachcoggin (talk) 18:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

From what I recall, Crichton deliberately left the readers thinking he was dead in Jurassic Park. Considering that Spielberg talked Crichton into writing this sequel (according to this Wikipedia topic), I think it's a safe bet to say he intended him to stay dead at the end of the first book. Crichton basically retconned Malcom back into the realm of the living. Dlsimon (talk) 05:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * He was actually mentioned as being buried at the end of the first novel. So yeah, definitely supposed to be dead. --Bishop2 (talk) 15:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * It is not an unheard of literary technique. See Retcon. -- ExtremeSquared (talk) 12:53, 4 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, the narration just said that the Costa Rican govt., wouldn't allow a funeral for Malcom or Hammond, who were presumably still rotting on the island.--Dudeman5685 (talk) 01:13, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Differences between the movie and the novel?
I want to point out that there is already a 'Differences between the movie and the novel' section in the The Lost World: Jurassic Park article (the one about the movie). I'd suggest that the section in this article be taken out and merged into the section in the article about the film (the film is based on the novel, and not the other way around, so it is in the article about the film where a section about the differences that the film has in relation to the source material makes more sense, or so I'd say). How the fuck did carnotaurus change color?!?

In any case, some of the facts stated in the section 'Differences between the movie and the novel' in this article don't seem completely all right to me. For instance:


 * Malcolm does not have any children in the novel. <- I don't think Malcolm has any children in the film, either.
 * In addition, The Lost World novel itself deviates from the established "universe" of its predecessor in the use of Ian Malcolm as a lead character, Malcolm having died from injuries suffered in the initial Tyrannosaurus attack in the pages of Jurassic Park. In this, The Lost World novel takes its cue from the film version of Jurassic Park, in which Malcolm survived. <- I guess mentioning this may have some point. However, I think this might be interpreted as saying that the novel just ignored what happened in the previous novel and went along with the script of the Jurassic Park film, and that's not right. It is true that Malcolm was said to have died in the first novel, but if I remember well the second novel justifies how that didn't actually happen. --gonzy 00:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, and I made some propositions for changes in Template:Jurassic Park, in Talk:Jurassic Park --gonzy 00:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Malcolm does have children in the film - you'll recall that Kelly is now his daughter in the movie, and of course in the first film he mentions having multiple kids. As for the rest, well, I think you have a point that we shouldn't assume that Crichton was following the example of the movie unless we can cite that.  However, I would debate whether the second novel really adequately justifies Malcolm's survival, but that's probably just semantics on my part. --Bishop2 13:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Also in 'Differences', the book makes a point of explicitly stating that the previous belief that the vision of the Tyrannosaurus is based on motion is completely false. During a Tyrannosaurus attack in the movie, Malcolm attempts to warn the fleeing InGen employees not to move, but none of them listen. There is no indication in the movie that the previous belief about Tyrannosaurus is wrong. --universaladdress 8:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * That's a pretty minor detail. If we wanted to get that picky, the list of Differences could be the length of five articles. --Bishop2 13:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


 * It certainly wasn't a minor detail in the novel. Remember Malcom's line?  "They've been misinformed."  Besides which, Malcom uses the 'theory' of T. rex supposedly seeing only motion as an example of junk science in the novel, and spends a fair amount of time pointing out just how ludicrous and implausible the idea is.  It's almost as if he got PTSD from being mortally wounded by the adult Rex on Isla Nublar or something, and the beast is occupying his every waking thought (while, by contrast, he treats Velociraptors as little more than annoyances after the second time he's injured, when the "noisy bastards" attack the trailer).  The Dinosaurs are the real main characters of the novels.  How could such vital info on the King of the [Pretty Much Everything That Ever Existed] be a minor detail?  --Þórrstejn [ ˡθoɝ.staɪʲn ]:  Hammer of Thor  talk  01:42, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Malcom didn't actually die in the first novel. He was mortally wounded (implying he would eventually die) and then the narrative just stopped talking about him.  Compared to the other character deaths, which were invariably graphic and unambiguous, leaving Malcom's assumed eventual death so obviously open-ended was a pretty clear indication that Crichton was already thinking about a sequel, and wanted Malcom in it.  --Þórrstejn [ ˡθoɝ.staɪʲn ]:  Hammer of Thor  talk  01:47, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Malcolm did die in the first book:

"Under the circumstances, the government was not disposed to release survivors in a hurry. They did not even permit the burial of Hammond or Ian Malcolm. They simply waited." (Jurassic Park, Borzon Edition, 1990, p.398

I've never understood the level of denial on this subject from readers. The character was killed, though Crichton didn't dwell on it. And apparently there's so little reader attention to detail that he got away with writing a character back to life.(Kroessman 14:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC))


 * I'm certain I've never read that line, and I've read the book a number of times. I just checked page 398 of my copy to be sure, and at the top of the page, I found the words, "They did not even permit a burial for Hammond. They simply waited."  Might this be a difference of editions?  --Þórrstejn [ ˡθoɝ.staɪʲn ]:  Hammer of Thor  talk  11:50, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

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What link goes to what...
Considering it was written eighty years earlier and more notable, I really believe that The Lost World (novel) should direct to The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle), and the other novel this article discusses should be linked only from The Lost World (Michael Crichton) 69.225.88.38 (talk) 23:07, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Move request
move to The Lost World (Crichton novel) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:44, 9 June 2009 (UTC) The Lost World (novel) → The Lost World (Crichton novel) &mdash; Move is suggested per Title. Rhindle The Red (talk) 18:42, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Why not simply make The Lost World (1995 novel) and The Lost World (1912 novel)? We currently have the same delineation for two novels entitled The Talisman, Walter Scott's and Stephen King's: The Talisman (1825 novel) and The Talisman (1984 novel). Jmj713 (talk) 20:54, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support moving this somewhere. Both are in print and widely available, so I don't consider this to be the primary topic. Jmj713's suggestion sounds good. Dekimasu よ! 00:25, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I prefer the name of the author as a disambiguating factor. Readers are far more likely to know the author of a book than the year of publication. Jafeluv (talk) 06:37, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * After taking another look at the naming conventions, I support the disambiguation-by-author plan. Dekimasu よ! 00:50, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * FYI, I have moved the "Talisman" books to the correct names, The Talisman (Scott novel) and The Talisman (King & Straub novel). Rhindle The Red (talk) 18:04, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Use The Lost World (Michael Crichton) to match the Conan-Doyle dabbing. 70.29.208.129 (talk) 05:23, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The new title should conform to policy rather than existing articles that can be in the wrongly titled in the first place. The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle) was recently moved to The Lost World (Doyle novel), and probably belongs in The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel). Jafeluv (talk) 06:37, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I moved the other article to The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel). Arthur Conan Doyle's surname was Conan Doyle. (Probably irrelevant in this discussion, but just wanted to point that out since someone's arguing about consistency.) Jafeluv (talk) 10:40, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there some place where it is clearly stated that his surname was "Conan Doyle"? I moved it to "Doyle novel" because that it the usage on the article itself.  Although it has become common to use "Conan Doyle" as a surname, I can't find any evidence that it is correct to do so.  (It's not worth fussing over, though.  The fact that it *is* so commonly used is, perhaps, an argument in favor of its usage there.) Rhindle The Red (talk) 18:04, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Our article on him uses "Conan Doyle" as his surname, and even mentions the usage: "Although he is now referred to as 'Conan Doyle', the origin of this compound surname is uncertain.[2]" It's confusing, though, because Conan could as well be another first name (like it could with Andrew Lloyd Webber). I've made the changes in the Lost World article. Jafeluv (talk) 20:18, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment the movie based on the Crichton book also has a novelization... The Lost World (novel) should be a dab page. 70.29.208.129 (talk) 05:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support move to The Lost World (Crichton novel), per the naming conventions. Jafeluv (talk) 06:37, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

A bit of rewording in "Differences between the film and the novel"
A bit doesn't make too much sense; it appears to be an unfinished thought of sorts-

"In the film, Ian Malcolm publishes a book about the incident on Isla Nublar, but the story isn't widely believed, destroying his reputation. In the novel, Malcolm starts giving speeches about the extinction of dinosaurs, improving his reputation."

The first part; "In the film, Ian Malcolm publishes a book about the incident on Isla Nublar, but the story isn't widely believed, destroying his reputation." mentions him writing a book and it ruining his reputation, specifically mentioned in the film.

The second part; "In the novel, Malcolm starts giving speeches about the extinction of dinosaurs, improving his reputation." implies that (considering the novel isn't mentioned in the first part) he never wrote a book, and doesn't describe why his reputation is tarnished.

It doesn't make sense to contrast the two without a little bit more information. It would make more sense if the first part "In the film and novel, Iam Malcolm publishes a book about the incident on Isla Nublar destroying his reputation. In the novel however, Malcolm starts giving speeches about the extinction of dinosaurs, improving his reputation."

I'm not too sure on the details of the novel, so I obviously don't want to make this change without the knowledge to back it up, but either way- the part needs rewording.

Crichton's own opinion?
This article doesn't seem to have any input from Crichton himself. I thought I once read that he would "never again" do a sequel—now I'm curious what the reasons are, if what I read was true. – Kerαu noςco pia ◁ gala xies 02:48, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Dinosaur species population
How many dinosaurs were on isla sorna in the lost world novel and what was the exact population of each species 50.101.229.52 (talk) 21:21, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Alternate Ending/Draft
Would an alternative and unpublished draft that was found warrant a section on the article? And would instagram photos of the content in question satisfy the "reliable source" condition? -- 2601:248:302:8510:7875:70E1:DBB6:D8D8 (talk) 17:21, 12 August 2023 (UTC)