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The Lost World

The Lost World

The Lost World is a 1995 techno thriller novel written by Michael Crichton and published by Knopf. A paperback edition followed in 1996. It is a sequel to his earlier novel Jurassic Park. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, unrelated to the 2015 film of the same name.


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“Absence of proof is not proof of absence.”

Source: The Lost World

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“Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.”

Seventh Configuration "Departure"
Source: The Lost World (1995)
Context: A hundred years from now, people will look back on us and laugh. They'll say, 'You know what people used to believe? They believed in photons and electrons. Can you imagine anything so silly?' They'll have a good laugh, because by then there will be newer and better fantasies. And meanwhile, you feel the way the boat moves? That's the sea. That's real. You smell the salt in the air? You feel the sunlight on your skin? That's all real. You see all of us together? That's real. Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.

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“Geniuses never pay attention.”

Source: The Lost World

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