Sphere, by Michael Crichton

November 16, 2008 by
Filed under: book review, International bestseller, Michael Crichton, recommendation, technothriller, Thriller 

Filmed in 1998: Sphere

Michael Crichton, now sadly dead, was one of the greatest thriller writers of our time. He was one of my favorite authors. In Sphere Crichton rolled out the present, past, and future into a highly technical and confusing science fiction adventure. The present features, among others, a pompous astrophysicist, a female zoologist, a black mathematician, and a 53-year-old psychologist, who are summoned by the Navy to examine a plane crash Michael Crichton: Sphere in the South Pacific.

The past is manifested in the stranded object resting on the sea bottom where it has been for some 300 years. When the four scientists, who carry their emotional minority baggage of sex, color, and age along with them, descend to the deep in their submersible, they discover the wreck to be no less than a spaceship from the future that fell through a black hole, thus defying time and space. At the bottom of the sea, strange things begin to happen, and one by one the cast of characters diminishes.

Sphere is very fast paced and very exciting. The plot is part of the future unfolding. You never know what is going to happen next and you can’t stop until you do. Crichton, in my opinion, develops his characters better in this novel than in any of his other books. One of Crichton’s best! Strongly recommended!

You can purchase this and other books by MichaelCrichton at amazon US here: Michael Crichton: A New Collection of Three Complete Novels: Congo, Sphere, Eaters of the Dead, see also Timeline, and State of Fear.Alternatively, you can order from amazon UK: Sphere, Timeline, and State of Fear.

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