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Summary: I'm sorry but
Review: I'm sorry but that was one of Michael Crichton's worst books. The beginning had me hooked but the end was just stupid. I am also in the making of a book report on this book for English and i'm supposed to pretend i'm selling it but i wouldn't even try to if it wasn't for getting a good grade. The characters weren't very complex and kinda dumb. Norman sounded tired and an idiot the whole time. Beth was insane. Harry was just not there, he was supposed to be rude, smart, and sarcastic all the time but he was not. The ship was pretty cool but they thought the sphere was more important, which it was the point of the story but it was pretty boring. The Sphere really doesn't do anything, its all in Norman, Harry, and Beth's imagination that ends up coming true b/c the sphere shows them that part or power of their imagination to make things real.Oh well maybe its just me who didn't like it.
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Summary: Underwater adventure/psychodrama
Review: What is real and what is just a dream? Be on guard for mysterious events that may alter your perception of reality in this thriller. Crichton injects a fair amount of legitimate science (but unfortunately, along with the unrealistic picture of scuba diving at 1000 ft below sea level) into this intriguing story about the encounter between a team of scientists and an unseen alien named Jerry. Is Jerry a playful child or an entity with no understanding of human morality? How will anybody survive? This book is a must read and much better than the Sharon Stone/Dustin Hoffman movie.
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Summary: Sphere
Review: Michael Crichton's Sphere is a very intense book. The book has many technical terms and abbreviations that could make it very difficult at times to read. The conversations between characters is very interesting and really makes you think and try to form your own ideas. There are times in the book when it is very boring do to the technical terms and explanations. Then once you get into the book it starts to get very interesting and the conversations start to make you think. The book is very descriptive, which helps you to picture the characters and the surroundings. At first I didn't like the book because I thought it was very difficult to read. When I got more into the book it really started to get me think and picturing what was going on. I thought the main character Dr. Norman Johnson, a psychologist, was a very interesting character through out the whole book. I think without this character in the book it wouldn't have been as good. The other characters have such different opinions through out the whole book that it really help to have this character in the book to kind of help sort out the differing opinions. Even with the boring parts I found in the end that I really enjoyed this book it really makes you think. You really don't know what is going to happen next with the book there are many different twist to keep you interested even if you think you know what is going on in the book in the end it could turn out totally different then what you expected.
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Summary: Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the vainest of them all?
Review: This mixture of science fiction and horror is really a psychodrama, set 1000 feet below the ocean surface. A team of intrepid scientists is assembled by the US Navy to explore an alien spaceship found in the Pacific. Although we don't entirely solve the riddle about where the ship came from, we do find an incredible sphere inside it, which changes the lives of the scientists. Who can you trust? What is real and what is only imagined? What is reality? These are all questions thrust at our protagonist, an overweight psychologist struggling to keep pace with the other intellectual giants. This book should be made into a movie - not the one with Dustin Hoffman and Sharon Stone - but one faithful to the text. It keeps the reader's attention. Michael Crichton deserves kudos for doing his homework on it, as well. His scientific descriptions are believable, for the most part.
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Summary: Cricton strikes agian w/ non-stop action.
Review: Sphere is a non stop action thriller. Chricton's wonderful imagination goes all out. The book has a very suspensful plot. You want to keep reading and reading. The book starts out with the search for a crashed plan, but turns into something much different. They charcters find them self dealing with some unknown force that they must find some way to combat. A wonderfully written book that even the non sci-fi fan can enjoy.
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Summary: Awesome book
Review: After seeing the movie Sphere I was extremely discouraged about reading the book, but then after reading some the the reviews from here and heard the the book was nothing like the movie, I decided the give it a try, and I did, and I loved it, from beginning to the end. I was kind of dissapointed from watching the movie because I new the book would end the same, but still, the book was awesome, its nothing like the movie. I'd have to say the movie was a disgrace to Michael Crichton and to the story of Sphere. If you've never read a Michael Crichton book then you should definitely read this one.
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Summary: Great read! You'll be on the edge...
Review: The beginning gets you interested and makes you keep reading. Once they find out what the 'Thing' is and where 'it' is from you will be hooked. Also, them being on the ocean floor with nowhere to run and hide makes it even better!
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Summary: Good read, but...
Review: I'm definitely in the minority here. While I love Michael Crichton's books, this was my least favorite. A team of experts from various fields are pulled together and assembled to investigate what appears to be an alien spacecraft on the bottom of the ocean. The plot thickens as several crew members mysteriously die, one at a time, before those who are left figure out that they are responsible. It is a suspenseful and riveting read. I just felt that sometimes it is a little too cerebral and far fetched, at the same time.
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Summary: Awe, terror, and suspense - a perfect summertime sci-fi read
Review: Sphere, with its ocean depth setting, is the perfect summertime beach read. Although Crichton's feather light prose does have difficulty with the character development and set-up, once the action takes over it moves at a gallop, contains a number of sweep the rug out from under you twists, and more than a few Jaws type thrills. This all question and no answer concept potpourri contains everything but the kitchen sink and, in the reading, would seem to be the basis for a great movie. But, as with Congo, such was not the case. Recommended to aquatic thriller fans.
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Summary: Almost a horror story
Review: Sphere has to be one of Crichton's most suspenseful books ever written. Not only is it an interesting paradox, moral dilema and struggle for power, but it takes on a very complex and destructive plot. In my opinion this book almost had to be written starting from the middle or climax of the story, and then working it's way back. There are so many details that had to be worked out to make everything fit together. "Sphere" takes place at the bottom of the pacific ocean, where a spacecraft has been discovered. A team of scientist has been summoned to explore and discover whatever they can about what has happened. During their search of the ship they find an enormous shimmering sphere, and a time log of what appears to be a human spaceship. The most incredible thing is that the time log is from the year 2043...
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