Never "ted asked" or "Beth suggested" "Harry quipped " "Norman gasped" etc. After every bit of dialogue the author uses "said". Sounds silly and might not be as noticeable when reading the book, but when someone is narrating it to you it becomes very noticeable and annoying. Interesting story ruined by overuse of the word "said". Scott Brick does a terrific job, nice reading. SciFi nerds will approve of considerable techno-babble detail and Crichton’s attempt at credibility. His books are slowly moving into the SciFi classic category and are must reads for anyone interested in the genre. Author of such mega-hits as Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton died in 2008. If you like SciFi or if you like Michael Crichton, you’ll enjoy. Not earth shattering prose, just good storytelling that will hold your attention. Sphere is a decent SciFi, written with the somewhat pedestrian style of Crichton. Albeit completely different stories, these initial fundamentals are virtually identical. Crichton even repeats the physical examinations required to handle the sea habitats of Sphere as apposed to the bio-habitat of the Andromeda Strain. A biologist, mathematician, astrophysicist, etc., in addition to Norman - the group psychologist and the lead character of Sphere, are tasked with determining what happened - and they are soon to understand, determining what exactly rests 1000 feet below the surface, since it is not an airplane. In a plot similar to Crichton’s Andromeda Strain, written in 1969, a diverse group of scientific people are brought together to what they all believe to be a plane crash in the mid-Pacific. If you’re looking for a written duplication of the movie, this is not gonna work for you! Although trite, I’ll say "The book is better."… and Hollywood’s twist completely messes with the story. Written by Michael Crichton way back in the mid 1980s, this unabridged audiobook edition was released in 2015 and is narrated by Scott Brick - about thirteen hours of listening. One of my favorite Crichton novels, blending suspense, emotion, and wonder with a pervading miasma of dread hanging over everything. The Sphere, the mystery of it, is merely the catalyst around which Crichton has penned this excellent character study. It's about what people can do when they're taken to their limits. It's about how people handle stress and how they can rise to the occasion, or break beneath the strain. But that's not what the story is truly about. The answers for the story are found if you read carefully. Cricton goes a great job setting up the mystery and how it affects the characters. And that's before things start going weird.
The unknown lurks around them, affecting them all as they struggle to understand just what they have discovered. It's told from the psychologist point of view and it delves into many aspects of emotional reactions and Jungian's theory of the shadow self. Can Norman keep the group functional when the discover the Sphere lurking in the heart of the craft? Crichton's Sphere is an interesting take on the first contact with aliens story. Staying in cramped quarters, surrounded by the crushing depths of the sea where a small mistake could get them all killed, the pressures are incredible.
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A team of scientists, recommended by Norman, and a group of navy personal are tasked with uncovering what is and, if anything is alive, how to communicate with it. A craft that has been down there for at least 300 years. A thousand feet beneath the ocean, something has been found. Now, he is about to put his hypothesis to the test. He said abject terror would be the result when humans were confronted with the unknown. Once upon a time, a younger Norman, desperate for grant money, wrote a report for the government about how to handle first contact with alien intelligence. It turns out to be something far stranger. So when he's escorted by the US Navy out to the South Pacific he assumes a plane has crashed into the ocean.
He is often called out by the FAA to help survivors of plane crashes and their families deal with the aftermath. Norman Johnson is a psychologist specialized in how stress affects group dynamics. An exciting thriller at the bottom of the sea!