Sphere by Michael Crichton
Sphere, a classic thriller by the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, is a brilliant example of what he does best: gripping storytelling that combines cutting-edge science and technology with heart-pounding action and major goosebumps. Sphere is a masterpiece of fiction from Michael Crichton, the brilliant author of Prey, State of Fear, and Jurassic Park. It tells the compelling tale of a team of American scientists sent to the ocean below to explore an extraterrestrial ship, only to face a horrific revelation that defies all logic.
Sphere by Michael Crichton
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Michael Crichton began his writing and directing career after earning his medical degree from Harvard. His works include “The Andromeda Strain,” “Westworld,” “Jurassic Park,” “Rising Sun,” “Prey,” “State of Fear,” and the television series “ER.” His works have been translated into 36 different languages and have sold over 150 million copies; 12 of them have been converted into movies. He is the first individual to have simultaneously had the top book, movie, and TV show in the country.
Twenty-six of Crichton’s novels were adapted into some of the best-remembered movies of recent years, including Jurassic Park and its sequels as well as The Andromeda Strain. And Westworld, a recent hit from HBO, is based on a 1973 book by Michael Crichton. The six-foot-nine-inch Harvard-educated doctor started writing novels while still in medical school and switched to fiction full-time as soon as he received his medical degree. Crichton never worked as a doctor. But perhaps he would have changed his mind if his 1987 First Contact novel, Sphere, had been his best effort. The novel tests the reader’s capacity for belief with its literary exploration of human struggle.
Sphere is an example of what may be referred to as “pop sci-fi,” like the majority of his previous works. In order to maximize the friction between the few individuals in the novel, Crichton keeps them in a tight location and surrounds them with a series of pressures and threats. And Norman Johnson, his narrator and protagonist, is a fifty-three-year-old psychology professor who is uniquely qualified to comprehend precisely the mechanics of their increasingly brutal disputes.
In addition to Norman, the main cast includes their team leader, Captain Harold C. (“Hal”) Barnes, and four scientists. It would be difficult to put together a team more likely to find the ULF (Unknown Life Forms) because the other four scientists on the team are all considerably younger than Norman.
