He's just a fantastic and entertaining character. I also once again enjoyed Dr Malcolm's constant input about life, extinction, etc. But I'm saying that in a good way, as you got to follow the path of returning characters, while getting to know the newer ones during this adventure. There less characters and the story was a little more streamlined than that of the original novel. While I did enjoy film, I think that the book is far superior.

I was surprised as to how different this was from the movie. I think I read it in about a day and a half the first time, and I've re-read it a few times since. For me, The Lost World was a satisfying and exciting read. Also, the explanation given in The Lost World as to why the others thought he was dead was completely plausible - he was simply so close to death that he was left for dead. Malcolm's 'death' in JP was not seen, and only vaguely mentioned (unlike every other major character who died in the book). My point is this: it's not as if Crichton tricked us by delivering a long death scene where Ian Malcolm said his last goodbyes and made some final point about evolution and chaos theory - then got lazy and just reintroduced Malcolm into the next book. The epilogue mentions the Costa Rican government not permitting the burial of John Hammond or Ian Malcolm (amongst a list of other ways they dragged their feet and covered things up).

To be exact, Muldoon is telling Grant what's happened to everyone else as they're flying away in the helicopter: It's true, Malcolm is mentioned as dead at the end of Jurassic Park. I find a lot of people discuss the 'resurrection' of Ian Malcolm in their reviews, and I'd like to throw in my two cents.

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