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Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton is possibly the best science teacher for the masses since H.G. Wells, and Sphere, his thriller about a mysterious spherical spaceship at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, is classic Crichton. A group of not-very-complex characters (portrayed in the film by Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Queen Latifah) assemble to solve a cleverly designed roller coaster of a mystery while attempting (with mixed success) to avoid sudden death and expounding (much more successfully) on the latest, coolest scientific ideas, including the existence of black holes. Somehow, Crichton manages to convey the complicated stuff in utterly simplistic prose, making him, as his old pal Steven Spielberg puts it, "the high priest of high concept." Yet there is more to Crichton than science and big-ticket show biz. He is also, as any reader of his startling memoir Travels knows, a bit of a mystic--he is entirely open to notions spouted by spoon-bending psychics that most science writers would scorn. Sphere is not only a gratifying sci-fi suspense tale; it also reflects Crichton's keen interest in the unexplained powers of the human mind. When something passes through a black hole in Crichton's fiction, a lesson is learned. The book also contains another profound lesson: when you're staring down a giant squid with an eyeball the size of a dinner plate, don't blink first.
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Crichton has rolled the present, past, and future into one highly technical and confusing science fiction adventure. The present features, among others, a pompous astrophysicist, a female zoologist, a black mathematician, and a 53-year-old psychologist, who are summoned by the Navy to examine a plane crash in the South Pacific. The past is manifested in the stranded object resting on the sea bottom where it has been for some 300 years. When the four scientists, who carry their emotional minority baggage of sex, color, and age along with them, descend to the deep in their submersible, they discover the wreck to be no less than a spaceship from the future that fell through a black hole, defying time and space. Strange things begin to happen as one by one the cast of characters diminishes. Disappointing. Literary Guild dual main selection. Marion Hanscom, SUNY at Binghamton Lib.
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This book begins when Norman, A psychologist, is called by the Navy for a very special project. So special, that the Navy doesn't tell Norman and a group of scientists what they think is really going on. The special group is sent underwater to spend a few days investigating a space craft. There the group finds a beautiful sphere.They are all dumbfounded about why the mysterious sphere is there. It doesn't seem to do anything.....At first. Crichton, once again writes another thrilling novel. "Sphere" keeps your attention, and makes you believe you are a part of it's world.With never a dull moment, you will absoutely love "Sphere."
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This story has excellent technical details. The psychology tests information was great while the explanations on quantum theory were just brilliant. The effects of mind-control, how man has little control over his mind is also there. The plot is ok. After an interesting start, it peters out along the line. If you like sci-fi, psychology and techno-thrillers, go ahead and read it.
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Since I thought that I had been giving too many 5 star reviews lately, I was somewhat determined to give Sphere 4 stars. However, I then realized that this would be an injustice to the book: it deserves nothing less than the full 5 stars.
Sphere is the closest Crichton has come to old-school sci-fi. It is in the tradition of the best works of Arthur C. Clarke or one of his contemporaries. The suspense, the not-quite-knowable, and yet seemingly real object (in this case, the sphere). This also has the best characters in all of Crichton's body of work, and is complete with a semi-cliffhanger ending (though you may not realize it at the time).
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Michael Crichton's BEST Book
Without a doubt, Sphere was the greatest book Crichton ever wrote. The book is extremely compelling... it was hard to ever put down. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Juli 2000 von Daniel Lewis
One of my favorite books!
As a joke, I like to keep this on my boat. Very well thought out, his best book by far. I read it in one day two summers ago, can't put it down. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Juni 2000 von Robby
Do NOT be deceived by the movie...
This is a great book, suspence filled and keeps you thinking. We all know the movie stunk but keep that out of your mind, in fact never see the movie in the first place. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Juni 2000 von Nick
THIS BOOK IS THE BEST!
This book was so great it is my favorite book! the story line is great teh characters are great! If you are thinking oh god that movie was horriable why do i wanna waste time... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juni 2000 von "xxmarcus99"
A Stretcher For Your Mind
There are many science fiction books written and published to the public, but none with such detail and research as Sphere. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Juni 2000 von Arya Dustin Afrashteh
Great Book
I loved this book I read it about 5 or 6 years before the horrible movie came out. I very much enjoyed this story and it was very tense and exciting. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Mai 2000 von "ploid"
The best book I've ever read.
Sphere was the best book I've ever read. It combines Science Fiction with hundreds of facts to make it as real as possible. You will never be able to put it down.
Veröffentlicht am 22. Mai 2000 von Erik Weiss
Sci-Fi plus Mystery
This book was very interesting. It combines science-fiction and mystery in one. In fact, I found this book to be so interesting that it is one of my favorites. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Mai 2000 von Barbara
Definately a page-turner
I read this book twice, I believe. Both times it kept me going. I enjoyed the suspenseful parts as well as the mysterious descriptions and dialogues presented therein. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. Mai 2000 von Obi-Shawn Kenobi
As a SCUBA diver, I can assure you, *very* realistic!
This book was astoundingly great, and the movie was astoundingly terrible, I felt ashamed that I had seen the video. Oh well, the book is great, and totally unique. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. Mai 2000 von John
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