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Summary: Sphere, one of Crichton's best
Review: I really enjoyed Sphere. It had great action. I especially enjoyed the ending. It was great. I think it was second compared to Timeline. I have always been a Crichton fan and I love this book.
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Summary: Doesn't Stop
Review: Sphere is definately my favorite book. It is very mysterious, and every time you start to figure it out something new happens. There was so much to this story in how it went into psychology, philosophy, timetravel, black holes, etc. But what made that truly surprising, was how well balance each of these topics were kept throughout the story. However, the part of it that I loved most was the way it ended, because it was one of the first stories dealing with time travel, where the ending made sense. And the questions were not answered until the very end. It just wouldn't let me go until the very last line.
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Summary: Best of MC
Review: After reading most of his books, this is definitely his best. True he is not strong on characterization but since when is it expected of sci-fi. Chrichton is a great technical writer and the fascinating plot and awesome revelations hold this one together quite well.
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Summary: What will happen next?
Review: If you like suspence you'll like this book alot! it was my brother's book but now i can't keep my hands off it!it's a page turner,once you start reading it you'll get sucked into it. it's about this guy,who is assinged to come to a top secret crash site in the ocean. they figure out that it's just not a plane....it's a spaceship! you will love this book.my favorite part is when...maybe i shouldn't tell,maybe you'll just have to read it yourself!
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Summary: The worst Crichton ever
Review: Just not a good book for Mike. The hardest read I've had of his. Even worse than "The Lost World" in bad story line. At least that one was fun even though it was so obviously a sequel designed just to make money.
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Summary: Greatest Book of ALL TIME
Review: Sphere was the most entertaining book I have ever read. It's about a boy, Johnson, that likes wienees.
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Summary: Highly recommended for students going to psychology
Review: If you like to read scifi-mystery novels, and have a great imagination then you will enjoy this book; basically is a psychological novel in where you're in Norman mind an he shares will you all his thoughts, feelings, and mood. This book is very similar to the movie, sometime even has the same dialogue. If you are a high school student wishing to study psychology don't even doubt it and read this book to start learning something.
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Summary: Great concept. Poor follow through
Review: Michael Crichton is not a great writer. His prose style is rather stiff, as are most of his characters. His real strength is in hitting on great story ideas. His main failing is in not following through successfully. This book is a good example. The initial premise - a group of scientests being assembled to investigate a spherical space ship on the bottom of the ocean - offers great promise, and the initial incidents in the story are interesting, but from the first third of the book it is all downhill. Much of the plot is silly and the ending is totally unsatisfying. So if you are a die hard Crichton fan, no problem. Anyone else should expect to be disappointed.
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Summary: Fantastic book
Review: Horrible movie. I was practically crying after I saw it. I knew it wouldn't live up to the book, but still . . . Sphere is a very taut and thrilling novel that blends suspense with scientific fact - like all of Michael Crichton's books. I think this is by far his best book, better than Jurassic Park, Andromeda Strain, etc. It is at the same time filled with scientific fact and psychological elements and suspension. The basic story (if you've seen the movie, you should still read the book, it's far superior as I said before, although it's too bad because you already know what happens) is that an alien spacecraft crashes into the Pacific (I think, haven't read it in a while) Ocean and a group of scientists at the head of their respective fields are sent in to investigate. They discover, well, a sphere, and that's when things start going bad. I won't say anymore so I won't spoil it for anyone. The book is definitely a page-turner. You won't be able to put it down, and the writing conveys the scientific elements very clearly without becoming confusing. To close, Sphere is a great book you really should read.
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Summary: An american space ship crases from the future.
Review: The book Sphere is about a psychologist named Norman Johnson who is flown to the middle of the ocean to help rescue the passengers of a plane crash. On the way to the crash Norman notices something very interesting: that there are a lot of ships around the crash site including many Navel War ships. When he finally lands on one of the ships; he finds out that there is no plane crash but an alien ship crash site. The reason Norman is called to this location is because he wrote a book about how the government should react to the finding of alien life. Norman is then sent down to an under water science laboratory to be able to get into the spacecraft. Once inside Norman's team finds out that the alien ship is in fact a human space craft and find a large round transparent sphere. One of Norman's men Harold goes back and goes into the sphere which gives him the power to bring his dreams and fears to life. The crew then finds out that there is a hurricane coming and they must wait it out. This was a very good book which kept my interest all the way through. This book is a very spectacular science fiction novel. I recommend this book to anyone that likes Michael Crichton.
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