It is more of a suspense of intrigue designed to get your curiosity going. So if you have never read this novel, but heard the ending ruins all that was built up, need not fear! It is very worth while and entertaining, even still.Īlthough this story does contain constant action and some fast-paced scenes, this is not what it is all about. Many of us would of done the same thing the remaining characters did. Perhaps, it is a touch anti-climatic, but it does make sense. You have to read the rest to find out.Īlthough most people do not appreciate the ending, there really is no reason to feel slighted. And then things begin to get really weird any intriguing. So guess what happens next? Eventually everyone starts dying off. The learn it is very ignorant of humanity. While all of this happening, they do find a way to communicate with this sphere and realize he/she is not a very nice person (or thing). However, these events are not what they seem. There are some very strange occurrences that happen next. He looks the same and sounds the same, but something is just odd about him. When he comes back out, he is not the same man on the inside. Well, the sphere opens and he has entered. I will not spoil any more on how he did this because it is a central point in the story line. He seemingly does this with this mind in a sort of manipulation. Ian Malcolm of Jurassic Park, finds a way to enter the sphere. The mathematician, Harry Adams, who is easily one of the highlights of the novel and who is a similar type character of Dr. Well, once they examine it, they can not find a way inside. However, once the team is sent to the ship they find a strange (strange is an understatement) sphere object inside the ship.

To make it even more complicated, they find it is from the future. The reason they are all sent to this underwater station is because the navy has discovered a huge aircraft/spaceship on the bottom of the sea floor. Barnes is working with the United States Navy (USN). This is actually quite an amazing place! He then meets with three other civilian scientists who were also brought here, as well as a handful of military personnel led by Captain Barnes and his team. Norman Johnson being sent deep under the ocean water to a research lab on the ground floor. The suspense begins immediately with psychologist Dr. This novel is another Crichton classic! Sphere is mostly story and less of Crichton trying to 'teach' us something (i.e., Rising Sun, Andromeda Strain, Airframe.) Brief Summary: LEt's take a trip to a community on the bottom of the sea floor.

The sphere by michael crichton