Sphere

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Summary: My favorite book by Michael Crichton
Review: This book, which is much better than the movie by the way, is probably my favorite book. It takes place on the ocean floor a thousand feet down.

The navy has discovered a spacecraft at the bottom of the sea, and sends a team to explore it. The main character, Norman, is a psychologist asked to join them to evaluate their behavior under the high stress environment. The team quickly discover that the spacecraft is of American origin, but from the future. They also discover that while it was in space, it picked up something and brought it home.

The book is filled with excellent descriptions of undersea life and the hardware that is used to be able to explore the vast depths of the worlds oceans. I recommend this book highly.

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Summary: Not a Crichton fan, but enjoyed Sphere
Review: In "Sphere", a team of brilliant scientists are taken to a deep sea lab, miles below the waves, to investigate a mysterious object that may be a spacecraft. Including mathematicians, physicists and psychologists, the team soon finds the object to be a spacecraft inexplicably built by man at some future time and now crashed below the waves. (How the craft came to bend the rules of time is only one tidbit left to the debate of the scientists.) The team hasn't enough time to decode the mystery of the spacecraft before they find an even deeper mystery in its hold - a large spherical object clearly of non-human origin. Its purpose unknown, but possibly holding the essence of the intelligence that created it, the sphere soon makes its presence felt far beyond the spaceship. Returning to their lab, but unable to return to the surface immediately, the team finds the lab surrounded by mysterious mutations of undersea life. A larger, though invisible creature makes appearances on the sonar screens. Then the team begins receiving messages from an unknown entity...called Harry. Friendly at first, Harry becomes cranky, then malicious.

This was actually a great book. Though it's not entirely original (trap a bunch of eggheads in some remote place where they've got to fill each other's heads with technobabble and psychogibberish) for a Crichton novel, there are variations on his general theme - a strong central character, and a supporting cast. Rather than try and get these guys to work with each other, we soon suspect that at least one of them is working with the sphere. The mystery of the sphere itself remains suitably mysterious and, by necessity, we are spared the the indignity of having some character solve the mystery for us simply by telling us what it all means. I;m no fan of Crichton's writing, but I enjoyed "Sphere".

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Summary: One of my Favorites!
Review: I remember the first time I read this novel, the further into it I went, the more excited I became and the harder it was to stop reading and turn out the night lamp. It's not easy nowadays to find that in a novel. All the reviewers say, "It'll keep you up all night!" but they rarely keep you up at all. This book is incredible, and incredibly fun. It delivers exactly what it promises, packed full of smile-inducing images and appropriate, quick writing. If you're looking for a good sci-fi novel, underwater story, or both, then look right here. You'll be glad you did. And try with all your might to forget that this was ever turned into a film....

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Summary: Great Book
Review: I read Jurassic Park and it is my favorite book ever (and still is) but this comes in second all-time
Another great Crichton book

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Summary: The Best Book Ever
Review: Sphere has to be one of the best books ever. This book was my first BIG book ever. I wasnt really sure what it was about but soon I found out what it was about.
I liked how Mychael Crichton made the story seem so real. It actually seemed that the ship was actually real. There wasnt to much action until the end which was great.
The characters in the story were perfect. He couldnt of found any better chracters for this book.
I think that if you ever get a chance to read this book to read it. If your going to read this book pay really good attention. This book is perfect for any age reader. I like the way Michael Critchton writes his books.
I'd give this book a 10. This book had about everything in it like action, mystery, some love, and etc..

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Summary: Best Book I've Ever Read.
Review: This is probably the best book I have ever read. I could not seem to ever put it down, and I went out and rented the video as soon as I finished it. So many plot twists and suspense will keep you away from other work, and keep your head in this book. I urge anyone who reads this to buy this book, you'll be very happy with it

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Summary: Sphere
Review: Sphere written by Michael Crichton is a book that will engage you and will not let go. This is the sixth novel written by Crichton and it is intense and the narrative and storytelling suspenseful with nonstop action.

Sphere is about a spaceship found in the South Pacific and a team of American scientists that are sent to investigate this astonishing discovery. The resultant story is what really brings the book to your imagination. Crichton has written a most ingenious tale as the team goes through phenomenal dimensions through a roller coaster of emotions and images.

This is truly one of Michael Crichton's best, as he is at the top of his form. This book takes right off and will keep you engaged till the end. Be prepared... your imagination is in for a wild ride.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN!
Review: Sphere is not only Crichton's best book, it is the world's best book. The book is so exciting and so well-written, you will love it! Trust me, after reading this, you'll never read anything else but Crichton. DEFINATELY READ IT!!!!!!

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Summary: Beyond gripping
Review: All that this incredible novel needs is a squillionth rave review about how involving it is. So I will be brief. If my personal experience will shed any light on what you're getting yourself into -- I opened the book sometime during the day, read about half, and then picked up the last half at perhaps 1 am. Next time I look at the clock after reading the last pages and digesting that monumental decision that the characters must face, it's 4am but it feels as though only a few moments have passed. Crichton just has the knack for putting you in a trance, what else can be said? It's debatable whether this is his best work (I would actually argue for "Airframe"), but that's beside the point. These novels are treasures, they educate and thrill and keep us guessing invariably.

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Summary: I was sorely dissapointed.
Review: I'm not sure which was worse, the movie or the book, but either way, the book was a huge dissapointment. He builds us up to some climax, but in the end, it was a very dissapointing resolution. Almost as if the publishers said "Hey, Mikey, we need that book NOW, so FINISH IT. None of the themes were new, but I will say he DID manage to engage me for a while, which perhaps is why I felt so let down at the end.