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In the middle of the South Pacific, 1,000 feet below the surface, a huge spaceship is discovered resting on the ocean floor. It is a craft of phenomenal dimensions, it seems undamaged by its fall from the sky, and it appears to be at least three hundred years old. Rushed to the scene is a group of American scientists who investigate this astonishing discovery. What they find defies imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. Now a major motion picture directed by Barry Levinson and starring Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, and Samuel L. Jackson. Reissue
From the Publisher
"A page-turner...Chichton''s writing is cinematic, with powerful
visual images and nonstop action. This book should come with hot
buttered popcorn."
NEWSWEEK
A group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has
been discovered resting on the ocean floor in the middle of the
South Pacific. What they find defines their imaginations and mocks
their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship of
phenomenal dimensions, apparently, undamaged by its fall from the
sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred
years old....
"The suspense is real."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
From the Jacket
"A page-turner...Chichton''s writing is cinematic, with powerful
visual images and nonstop action. This book should come with hot
buttered popcorn."
NEWSWEEK
A group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has
been discovered resting on the ocean floor in the middle of the
South Pacific. What they find defines their imaginations and mocks
their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship of
phenomenal dimensions, apparently, undamaged by its fall from the
sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred
years old....
"The suspense is real."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
About the Author
John Michael Crichton, known as Michael Crichton, was born on October 28, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his way through Harvard University and Harvard Medical School by writing novels. One of these, The Andromeda Strain (1969), became a bestseller. After graduating summa cum laude, Crichton was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute in California before becoming a full-time writer and film director. Crichton's carefully researched novels have included Eaters of the Dead (1972), The Terminal Man (1972), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987), Jurassic Park (1990), Rising Sun (1992), Disclosure (1994), The Lost World (1995) and Airframe (1996). He has also written non-fiction, including Five Patients: The Hospital Explained (1970), Jasper Johns (1977) and Travels (1988). In the late 1960s Crichton also wrote under the names Jeffrey Hudson and John Lange. Awards for Crichton's writing have included Writer of the Year (1970) from the Association of American Medical Writers, and two Edgar Awards (1968 and 1979) from the Mystery Writers of America. Many of Crichton's novels have been made into highly successful films, six of which he directed. He is also the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning television series ER. In addition to his writing and directorial success, his expertise in information science has enabled him to run a software company and develop a computer game.
Mass Market Paperbound
384 Pages, 4.19 x 6.89 x 1.05 IN
July 12, 1988
Random House Publishing Group
0345353145
9780345353146