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"Ingenious and beguiling." —Time"Crichton keeps us guessing at every turn in his best work since The Andromeda Strain." —Los Angeles Times"Sphere may be Crichton's best novel, but even if it ranked only second or third, it would be a must for suspense fans." —Miami HeraldA classic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, Sphere is a bravura demonstration of what he does better than anyone: riveting storytelling that combines frighteningly plausible, cutting-edge science and technology with pulse-pounding action and serious chills. The gripping story of a group of American scientists sent to the ocean floor to investigate an alien ship, only to confront a terrifying discovery that defies imagination, Sphere is Crichton prime—truly masterful fiction from the ingenious mind that brought us Prey, State of Fear, and Jurassic Park.Sphere was made into a film directed by Barry Levinson, which starred Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Crichton keeps us guessing at every turn in his best work since The Andromeda Strain. A page-turner with oomph...Crichton's writing is cinematic, with powerful visual images and nonstop action. This book should come with hot, buttered popcorn. Sphere may be Crichton's best novel, but even if it ranked only second or third, it would be a must for suspense fans.

"A page-turner...Chichton's writing is cinematic, with powerful visual images and nonstop action. This book should come with hot buttered popcorn."NEWSWEEKA group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has been discovered resting on the ocean floor in the middle of the South Pacific. What they find defines their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship of phenomenal dimensions, apparently, undamaged by its fall from the sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred years old...."The suspense is real."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWFrom the Paperback edition.