Sphere

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Summary: Don't read this, It'll Make you late for work!! ;-)
Review: Beneath the depths of the ocean lies an American spacecraft that crashed three hundred years in the past!?!?!?!? Now the government funds an expedition to go and retrieve any valuable information from it (basically weapons) but the team finds somethjing different something not even amagined a, a, a, Sphere??? Read it it kicks #$!@!

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Summary: Try science fiction...you may surprise yourself!
Review: The book "Sphere" was excellent! Michael Crichton planted a seed in my imagination, and with the setting, characters, and plot, it soon grew to gigantic proportions. I was so caught in the story that I could not put it down. I was hooked after reading just a few pages, and I finished it in a little over twenty-four hours. Although this book may not be for everyone (I have found that while a friend and I (both 13) were in love with this book, my mother and a friend of hers didn't enjoy it so much), I would reccomend reading it. You may find Michael Crichton weaves a pretty good tale.

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Summary: Crichton's most thought provoking work.
Review: Sphere was, and still is, an excellent book. While exploring an "alien" ship, a highly specialized crew discover an "alien" object in the cargo hold of the ship. This sphere brings hidden desires and fears to life and those fears wreck havoc on the crew. This is a wonderful book, not only because Crichton tells the story so well that you can feel the tension, he also challenges our notions of what is alien and what isn't, of what we feel and what our conscious and subconscious minds, the latter especially are capable of. Through this book Crichton challenges everything we take as a given and almost forces the reader to think, instead of just being entertained. Sphere is a thought provoking, gripping, edge-of-your-seat story that will take a hold of you and won't let go until you've read the last word and maybe not even then..

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Summary: Once You Start, You Can't Stop!
Review: Once you start this book, there's no going back! You won't want to do anything until you've read through to the last word! It's action packed, suspenseful, scary, and great fun! It'll really make you think! The ending was great (despite what some of the other reviews say), and when you think about it, there's a good chance of a sequel! I don't know which one of his books was better - this or Jurassic Park. I talked to Michael Chrichton and he said Sphere the movie will be out some time in '97! I can't wait (I just hope they don'y botch up the story line like they did in Congo)! I hope you get a chance to read this classic Chrichton novel - you won't be dissapointed

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Summary: This was one of his best.
Review: I found this to be one of his most thought provoking books. It makes one question what hidden fear towards reality is in each one of us. I liked it a lot

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Summary: Too great to be ruined on the silver screen
Review: While all of Crichton's other books seem to get sliced and trashed by the movie moguls (including the author himself), "Sphere" maintains a plot too complicated to be limited to the 2 hour attention span of the movie-going public. Just when you think you've figured out where the story is going, Crichton spins the plot around so that you feel you've started all over again. I've read all of Crichton's books, I don't always agree with how Crichton ends his novels. This one, however, manages to do a little better in wrapping things up. I think it's a must read for those who enjoy Crichton's style. Defintely the best in the Crichton section.

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Summary: Suspenseful
Review: Extremely interesting. Has many twists and turns in the plot and you find yourselfwondering what is going to happen. I would have given this book more except for the end was pretty stupid

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Summary: Great book, if you can think
Review: This book was excellent, suspenseful all the way through. One of his more exciting works. I couldn't put it down for the last fifty pages. The action lags a bit at the end, but the suspense is still there, and anyone who says it sucked just didn't understand its implications.

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Summary: A good book, but the ending totally sucked
Review: An adventerous underwater excursion, complete with alien space craft and time travel, does not make up for the ending. You will surely be dissapointed.

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Summary: Fast-paced thriller about an object of unknown origin.
Review: A mysterious object is discovered on the ocean floor, and with the help of the Navy, a team of scientists are sent to investigate. Crichton manages to fuse the apprehension of the unknown with the fear of things we don't wish to know about ourselves. The mental claustrophobia builds rapidly in this fast-paced thriller