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Sphere

Sphere

by Michael Crichton, Jacques Polanis

space shipsspace vehiclessquidpsychologygiant squid
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First lines

For a long time the horizon had been a monotonous flat blue line separating the Pacific Ocean from the sky.

About this book

Sphere is a 1987 novel by Michael Crichton, his sixth novel under his own name and his sixteenth overall. The story follows Norman Johnson, a psychologist engaged by the United States Navy, who joins a team of scientists assembled to examine a spacecraft of unknown origin discovered on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The novel begins as a science fiction story but quickly transforms into a psychological thriller, developing into an exploration of the nature of the human imagination. --- See also: - [Sphere](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18169959W/Sphere) Also contained in: - [Congo / Sphere / Eaters of the Dead](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950504W/Congo_Sphere_Eaters_of_the_Dead)

Themes & subjects

space shipsspace vehiclessquidpsychologygiant squidTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Characters & people

Setting

Pacific OceanDH-8 Habitat

About the author

Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton

October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008

An American writer and filmmaker.

Authors

Michael Crichton, Jacques Polanis

Pages

384

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

69

Languages

English, Spanish, Dutch

Publisher

Ballantine Books

ISBN

9782266152471

Where to buy

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Sphere - MichaelCrichton.com Sphere (novel) - Wikipedia SPHERE by Michael Crichton | Kirkus Reviews Sphere by Michael Crichton is an intense and deeply riveting ...

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