Sphere
Author: Michael Crichton
Year: 1988
Abstract:
Dustin Hoffman, er, uh, Norman Johnson, a psychologist who once wrote a paper on what to do if aliens visited Earth, is called
into the middle of the South Pacific. 1000 feet under the ocean, a gigantic spaceship is discovered. Not only is this ship
in good condition, but it's also over 300 old. What will they find inside this mystery?
| Advanced Mind | |
| Exploration/Quest |  |
| Military/Fighting | |
| Horror | |
| Magic | |
| Advanced Technology | |
| Time Travel/Alternate History | |
| Science | |
| Aliens/Beasties | |
| Contemporality | |
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Spectre's Review
Please. This wasn't a book written for a science fiction audience, it was written so Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson
could star in the movie. I must say, though, the ideas presented were delightfully horrific at times. The giant squid was
a nice touch, and the jellyfish thing was kind of neat, too. Not near as good as Andromeda Strain (which made a good movie,
too!). The book is written for the lay-person, and has a very simple vocabulary. The scientific ideas behind travelling
through a black hole were completely off base of pretty much all known theories, but it made for some interesting ideas. I
would like to say, though, the ending SUCKED!!! Crichton could have done so much better with the ending then he did. Oh,
well.
Spectre's Rating
Good idea, BAD ENDING!!!
