>>6966070Malcolm was doped out of his gourd for the last third of the JP novel.
Also, he dies in Jurassic Park. He even has a maudlin drawn out death scene.
Crichton never intended to write a sequel to JP.
But then the JP film made a a zillion dollars.
He wrote a sequel to JP with the express intent of having it be adapted to a film.
Malcolm was resurrected from the dead for this purpose.
Mainly because Malcolm is Michael Crichton's mouth piece.
