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I'm sharing some of the books, films, and TV shows that inspired Rule of Extinction, both to provide recommendations and to give readers a sense of what to expect. Jurassic Park and The Lost World are two more inspirations for my new book, Rule of Extinction. Monster stories resonate because we have a primal fear deep in the back of our minds about being eaten (or stomped, slashed, and gored).
Dinosaurs are some of the best monsters. They're unlike anything we've ever seen, yet they’re real. They existed. One thing that makes the JP franchise so effective is that the theme park scenario puts regular everyday people face-to-face with these monsters.
My first book, The Dinosaur Four, included many of the same dinos as the JP franchise, though I depict them as vicious, feral animals, while the films tend to depict them majestically. In The Dinosaur Four, the "veggie-sauruses" are every bit as dangerous as the carnivores. It's the best R-rated B-movie time-travel dinosaur thriller you'll read all week.  Rule of Extinction is bigger and better than The Dinosaur Four. Rest assured: even though Rule of Extinction is a post-apocalyptic first-contact story, it's also monster horror. There are plenty of dangerous creatures that want to eat, stomp, slash, or gore anyone who gets in their way. And they do. If you haven't read (or watched) Jurassic Park and The Lost World in a while, maybe it's time to revisit them. (Click the book covers above for links.)
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I love Jurassic Park and wrote The Dinosaur Four because I believe we always need more stories about dinosaurs eating people. But I wanted something that felt different. The Dinosaur Four features many of the same dinosaurs and there's even a small nod to Jurassic Park in Chapter 31, but there are also many differences. Here are the top 10 differences between Jurassic Park and The Dinosaur Four:
If you're interested in more dinosaur action and adventure, check out The Dinosaur Four at Amazon.
In 2012, James Cameron revealed that he tried to buy the rights to Jurassic Park, but that Steven Spielberg beat him to it by a few hours. "But when I saw the film, I realised that I was not the right person to make the film, he was. Because he made a dinosaur movie for kids, and mine would have been Aliens with dinosaurs, and that wouldn't have been fair. Cameron is being gracious. There's plenty of room for an darker, more adult dinosaur thriller.
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AuthorGeoff Jones is the author of the sci-fi thriller Archives
March 2025
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