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Sphere
Sphere
Author: Michael Crichton
In the middle of the South Pacific, 1,000 feet below the surface, a huge spaceship is discovered resting on the ocean floor.... it seems undamaged by its fall from the sky, and it appears to be at least three hundred years old. Rushed to the scene is a group of American scientists who investigate this astonishing discovery. What they find defies...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394561103
ISBN-10: 0394561104
Publication Date: 5/12/1987
Pages: 385
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 32 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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Foucault avatar reviewed Sphere on + 27 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 12
This was a fantastic page-turner of a book. I have heard mixed reviews of the movie, but I haven't seen it myself. In fact, I'd never even heard of the movie until I started reading the book.

If you like Dan Brown's books, especially "Deception Point", I think you'll enjoy this more. It is better written, but the pacing reminded me of Brown. It's an examination of a group of people cooped up together, under severe pressure (since they're deep underwater, that works on more than one level!). Which is exactly what Norman Johnson, the book's psychologist, is an expert on.

Read about a real underwater habitat: NOAA's Aquarius Undersea Laboratory
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Helpful Score: 10
I usually don't get into science fiction, or Michael Crichton for that matter - but there was something compelling about the story in this book. The sphere is underwater and has a lifeforce all it's own.
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Helpful Score: 6
One of the first Crichton books I ever read and still one of my all time favorite books. SO much better than the movie (which was awful).
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Helpful Score: 5
Great book! Pretty intense to the very end!
cloverluv avatar reviewed Sphere on + 129 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I could NOT put this book down! I blame it for keeping me up until 4 AM!
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This was a very good thriller with many twists and turns. I like the way it was hard to distinguish what's real and what's not.
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about an alien ship thats 300 yrs old
beckasdream avatar reviewed Sphere on + 82 more book reviews
The whole time I was readin this I thought, "This should be made into a movie" and low and behold a year or so later, it was! Great book, I loved it.
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another great book of Michael Crichton. with all the twists and turns, this is one book you could never know what is going to happen next!
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Interesting read..
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A solidly good sci-fi thriller by Crichton. Who would expect otherwise?
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Excellent well written, Hard to put down book. The type that keeps your interest from the begining to the end.
MsJell avatar reviewed Sphere on + 142 more book reviews
Excellent story!!
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A very good book about an item found in the ocean. Read by Ed Asner.
DameEdna avatar reviewed Sphere on + 149 more book reviews
Asner's reading of this audiobook makes it a very enjoyable listen.


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