Both the book and the movie have the same ending. But the journey to get to that ending is quite different at times. So if you only watched the film, or you only read the book, I think you should give the other version a try. I liked them both. This was very fast paced and I never really got bored as it always kept me on edge with new revelations throughout. I gotta say, this novel was written way ahead of its time- 35 years ahead of time to be exact. I’d probably believe it if someone said this was released in the last five years because it still felt super modern. I did like that this book was focused on Psychology and that it explored the shadow self, but I thought I was going to be on the edge of my seat. Which I was not. I was half asleep. That being said, what I really love about Michael Crichton’s books is that he makes science really fun and explains it in a way that someone who isn’t scientifically inclined, AKA me, can understand and really enjoy it. I could also laugh at science-y jokes like I knew what was going one which made me feel smart and cool. You say you have inside you the power of good and the power of evil, the angel and the devil, but in truth you have just one thing inside you - the ability to imagine." Barnes: "This is Captain Barnes. We are now about to open the hatch cover. Present with me on this historic occasion are Ted Fielding, Norman Johnson, Beth Halpern, and Harry Adams."

On the surface, confined to a decompression chamber, the trio ponder on what version of their story to tell the Navy. Realizing they could not control the power granted them by the sphere, they decide its knowledge to be too dangerous to be communicated, and resolve to use its power to remove it from themselves and alter their memories, replacing the fantastical experiences with more mundane memories of a technical failure, though it is hinted that Halpern did not do the same.

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I wrote, "My fave Crichton book at the end." - Not sure if this is a knee-jerk reaction or not, but I'll have to read it again in the future to nail that statement down. Myths had once represented the common knowledge of humanity, and they served as a kind of map of consciousness." // Ted: "Hello. This is Ted Fielding, here at the door of the unknown spacecraft which has been discovered--"

It’s an event enjoyed by both die hard fans and families alike and has raised thousands of pounds for charity. A group of scientists (namely psychologist Norman Johnson, mathematician Harry Adams, zoologist Beth Halpern, astrophysicist Ted Fielding, and marine biologist Arthur Levine), along with U.S. Navy personnel, travel to a deep sea habitat at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where an enormous spacecraft has been discovered. Guthrie, Richard (2011). Publishing: Principles and Practice. SAGE. ISBN 9781446249994 . Retrieved 19 June 2017. The story had some gender and racial stereotypes that made me uncomfortable at times, in part because I wasn’t sure what the author was trying to say, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was trying to raise awareness of how the stereotypes and prejudice that people can be inundated with may harm (generic comments, but might be kind of spoilerish if one were planning to read the book soon) their mental health and their self-perception. However, the danger which resides within the fin is much more enigmatic and sneakily awful than the alien vegetable in the movie. The book maintains a solid footing in speculative sci-fi from beginning to end, and although the dialogue reminded me of 'The Thing...' movie, the mystery behind the fin reminded me of Solarisand along for the ride are various lovable technical experts from the Navy who run the huge underwater habitat of connected cylinders built next to the fin over a thousand feet below the ocean's surface. And I think the answer is that we are, in reality, terribly frail animals. And we don't like to be reminded of how frail we are—how delicate the balances are inside our own bodies, how short our stay on Earth, and how easily it is ended." I don't know if happens to you, that sometimes if you are reading a novel that it hasn't being made into a film yet (I read the novel like 5 years before to be poorly adapted to a movie) sometimes I imagined some actor or actress to "play" the role of the character in my mind, an amusing thing was by then, in 1993, Sharon Stone was in hype due films like "Basic Instinct" and "Sliver", so when I imagined some actress to fill my image of Dr. Beth Halperin, I thought in Sharon Stone that she eventually got the role! I thoroughly enjoyed the ending. It has one of those winks to the reader that makes you smirk at its cleverness. It’s definitely a 5-star rating for me, and like I said before, if you like Blake Crouch and Andy Weir books, this will definitely be up your alley. Just like Jurassic Park and Congo, this is sci-fi at its best. Elizabeth Halpern—a biochemist who is muscular, yet sometimes gentle and caring while simultaneously fierce, combative, and confrontational. She perceives herself as being dominated by the male scientists.

The group reaches the surface, where they are put in a decompression chamber. They discuss what to tell the Navy about their experiences with the sphere. They each recognize that the sphere has given them significant knowledge and insight—but it's simply too much for the rest of the world to understand and would even be dangerous to reveal. So, as a sacrifice to preserve human life as we know it, the group agrees to use the power the sphere has given them to remove all memory of it from their minds. In the place of those memories, they create a story about a routine technical issue that kept them stranded on DH-8. However, in his final words to Halpern, Johnson hints that maybe—just maybe—he did not entirely remove all of the power he gained from the sphere.stars less because of the prose. I don’t know how to say this but Michael Crichton is good at writing monologues on scientific theories yet sometimes the conversations between the characters or the interactions felt off. About Us: Sphere". Little Brown Book Group. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007 . Retrieved 16 June 2017. The plot was well-paced, and had enough mystery and intrigue to keep it compelling. It certainly had some twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting, and it was fun to see that unfold.

Terribly written characters. Crichton really overdid it on Beth, a woman scientist who has inferiority and self-esteem issues and talk a lot about how men is constantly being sexist towards her. Crichton has managed to make her into a whiny, insecure, overcompensating person on the issue of her gender. Surely a more complex personality can be used as a plot point/portrayal of imperfect woman/whatever he was trying to achieve?! than a caricature of a feminist which obviously is basically the author's negative impression of them Hmmm... I may have gotten a little presumptive towards the end there. I'm sure some very smart people have very good reasons for scoffing at Michael Crichton. Allright, let me adjust my position: if you read Sphere, and have thoughts, positive or negative, about the Essay, please write me. If you know of other works, academic or flippant or otherwise, on the same topic, forward 'em. It happens to be one of my favorite things to discuss. Piatkus Books was founded in 1979 from the spare bedroom of Judy Piatkus’ home. Over the years, Piatkus became one of the UK’s leading independent publishers of fiction and lifestyle titlesJohnson exits the sphere, and though tempted to use a nearby submarine to escape DH-8, he knows he can't leave the surviving team members behind. He retrieves Adams and Halpern, and the three of them escape in the submarine before the explosives set by Halpern detonate. a b Williams, Kevin (2009). Read All About It!: A History of the British Newspaper. Routledge. ISBN 978-1134280520 . Retrieved 19 June 2017.