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Sphere

By Michael Crichton

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780345353146

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"A page-turner...Chichton's writing is cinematic, with powerful visual images and nonstop action. This book should come with hot buttered popcorn."
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A group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has been discovered resting on the ocean floor in the middle of the SouthContinue

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Two and a half stars.
Crichton has a lot of great ideas, which often clearly derive from a very solid scientific knowledge.
Unfortunately, this book slowly transforms into the quite predictable script for an average action movie - the unlikely hero versus all the rest (the protagonist's in ... (continue)

Two and a half stars.
Crichton has a lot of great ideas, which often clearly derive from a very solid scientific knowledge.
Unfortunately, this book slowly transforms into the quite predictable script for an average action movie - the unlikely hero versus all the rest (the protagonist's initial claim for solidarity is bound to be left behind as the situation gets hotter: the hero is always alone when real danger comes), the more and more fast-paced action, and the salvation which will come only when the time is almost up.
The spaceship from the future was very fascinating, though. And I appreciated the decision to keep the mystery around the sphere, an object / entity whose origins, aims and essence remain unknown.

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Ficie said on Jan 17, 2009 about the School & Library Binding edition | Add your feedback

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Mind games

The story is about a mysterious spacecraft found at the bottom of the Pacific. The Navy flies in a psychologist (Norman) and a team he has recommended (which includes a biologist, a physicist and a brilliant mathematician) to investigate it. They go down to the depths to live in a specially pressuri ... (continue)

The story is about a mysterious spacecraft found at the bottom of the Pacific. The Navy flies in a psychologist (Norman) and a team he has recommended (which includes a biologist, a physicist and a brilliant mathematician) to investigate it. They go down to the depths to live in a specially pressurized habitat. The spacecraft is indeed fabulous once they discover that is was built for space-time travel. Inside this craft they find a large sphere. They can't figure out what this sphere is meant for or its contents. They can't return to the surface too since a Pacific storm has now left them stranded with no surface support. As they race to find out the secret of the sphere, strange things start happening in the deep ocean around their habitat.
The Sphere is not a sci-fi novel, it is a psychological thriller. The mind games are real neat. There is lot of trivia bits about science which are interesting. The best is Ted's explanation of how gravity connects space and time together. He does it using a bowl of fruit! Sphere is a good read.

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Ashwin Nanjappa said on Jun 25, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Really intereseting idea, but the end is quite selfish

The tale is really interesting and the underlying idea is smart. By the way, I didn't like the end the book, it sounds like "We cannot manage it, so noone would be able to"

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Ologib said on Apr 23, 2012 | Add your feedback

Great!!!!!!! It's better in english than in italian. It's the same Crichton.......................

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Leon said on Mar 24, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

This was the first Crichton I read and since then I enjoyed 10 more of his books.
A thousand feet below the surface in the middle of the Pacific ocean lies a spaceship.

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jelabino said on May 1, 2010 | Add your feedback

An interesting story - gave me something to think about. The book was much better than the movie.

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Bashful said on Oct 9, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback