Sphere
Michael Crichton's Sphere (1980) is a time-travel fiction and adventure fiction novel. The story is set in Pacific Ocean and DH-8 Habitat. It features Jerry, Norman Johnson and Harold Adams. Key subjects include space ships, space vehicles, Squid and Psychology.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 16 ratings, and 179 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 70 editions across 11 languages.
At about 385 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.
About Sphere
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.
Quick answers
Who wrote Sphere?
Sphere was written by Michael Crichton and first published in 1980.
What genre is Sphere?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Adventure.
How long is Sphere?
The median edition has 385 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Sphere?
Readers who like it often enjoy Replay, Artemis Fowl and Station Eleven.
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