It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Arm
by Devangshu Datta
Jun 19, 2018
2 minutes
One theme that recurs in Michael Crichton's techno-thrillers is the amusement park gone rogue. Long before he conceptualised Jurassic Park, he dreamt up Westworld (and Futureworld) and that vision translated into this serial some 45 years later.
The Westworld is a theme park, an enormous, immersive Disneyland, staffed by androids, programmed to interact with guests. (Spoiler alert: Westworld
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