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Summary: Very Good
Review: Prey by Michael Crichton is very suspensful and interesting read. Crichton's explaination of nano-technology was fascinating. Discard all negative reviews,it's worth the read.
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Summary: Not quite 3 stars!
Review: I have really enjoyed some of Mr. Crichton's books and then there is this one. Admittedly it has suspense and it was a quick read indicating a desire to find what happened next but it does get far-fetched and goes beyond realistic. Also, on one page there was a distorted sentence which really bothers me. What ever happened to proofreading. Mr. Crichton can and has done much better than Prey.
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Summary: Another Heart-Pounder
Review: Don't read this book if you are a compulsive neat-freak or finicky eater. Crichton takes us into the world of science in 'nano' terms for a pag-turning novel - I read it in one day! I love his diversity of subjects and always keeps up thinking about the future of technology and where it is taking us! Give it a read!
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Summary: A very disappointing novel
Review: I read Prey filled with the expectation that this would be an excellent book... I have learned in life that if you expect something great you will get something great. However this did not hold true when applied to this stinker of a novel.Unsurprisingly this novel was "hi-tech" and required many many descriptions of what exactly was happening with the science. That was ok, I expected that. However I didn't expect to have the answers to the problems to be so obvious. I guessed what was wrong with Julia long before it was actually explained. The characters were dry and one dimensional. By the end of the novel I didn't care what happened to them. The only reason I gave it one star is because of the original idea, nano-technology gone out of control. This could have been a much better book. God forbid Chrichton creates a sequal to this one.
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Summary: A great state of Nano Tech update, a story dissapointment.
Review: This refers to the unabridged Audio book. The premise is great. The research and tech updates are first rate, thorough and easy to follow. The story dissapoints with literally too much action packed into too few days for any believability. One hair raising escape after another. The lead character, a middle aged, Mr Mom, out of work programmer with three small children who doesn't exercise has no less than 6 death defying escapes from the nano's and their henchmen in one day - each causing wounds, bruising, etc... he just keeps on going. The reader's style is slow and tired - I guess because he's dictating all this first person the night of the final day. The tapes have way too many 10-15 second pauses that are irritating. I've read or listened to everything Crichton has published. This is not his best work... it could have been.
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Summary: just another screenplay
Review: First half was good -- premise was excellent. Second half was nothing more than a screenplay. I could hear the soundtrack in my head as I read. Disappointing.
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Summary: Crichtonian Formula
Review: I have been onboard with Crichton since Sphere came out many moons ago, but, sadly I am jumping off his bandwagon. I trudged through Airframe, Disclosure and Rising Sun to see if he would return to his own created genre. However, what original ideas he used to have are now becoming formulaic non-sense. Here is Crichton's formula - Research Obscure Technology + Find Worst Case Scenario + Have Technology Act Out Worst Case Scenario + Isolated Location (underwater, desert, medieval Europe, whatever)+ Ignorant Character and Children = brilliant novel, plus a script Spielburg will look at (crosses fingers). Can't wait to see him tackle the time-travel issue, oh he already did. It was enjoyable in a mindless way, plus you get to feel smarter about yourself afterward. Anyway, I'm not expecting much from him next time and I'll wait for the paperback.
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Summary: The good and the bad.
Review: The good is that this book kept me on the edge of my seat. If nothing else, Crichton is the master of cliffhangers and you just keep reading and reading until you finish and realize that you just pulled an all-nighter. The bad is that the science behind this book isn't as believable as some of his other ones. One of the selling points of a Crichton book is that you're sure to be wowed by the science/technology/inventiveness of the concepts he discusses. Like Jurassic Park was really astounding with it's genetic ideas and Timeline with it's physics. This one fell a bit short with it's nanotechnology and evolving swarms. In a nut shell, Jack (The protagonist) suspects his wife of cheating on him. She's constantly at work and would even go for days without coming home to her husband and children. A job opportunity comes up for him to work at her laboratories as a consultant and he immediately takes it to see what exactly is going on. Not surpisingly, he finds that everything is different from what he thinks.
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Summary: INCREDIBLE
Review: While reading Prey, I honestly thought it was the best book I have ever read. It is truely awesome. I couldn't put it down. I thought about it when I wasn't reading it and couldn't wait for loved ones to read it so we could talk about it. I highly recommend reading this book.
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Summary: An exciting story with an intersting twist
Review: I enjoyed this novel from beginning to end. Crichton's ability to merge nature and technology together was definitely the highlight of this book. I enjoyed learning about the potential for nano-technology and the power of distributed computing. From a technical standpoint this book was great. However, the story took a long time to reach a climax (Which was very exciting) and I felt almost bored for the first few chapters. I recommend this book to those of you who are interested in a twist on Artificial Intelligence and who have a healthy imagination.
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