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Prey - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Crichton, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0066214122
- ISBN 13
- 9780066214122
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harpercollinspublishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0066214122 . A Fine first printing of the first edition that has a soil spot to the upper front spine in a Nearly Fine dust-jacket with some soiling and creasing around the uppermost edges; In Prey, Michael Crichton presents a chilling vision of the future in which humans are the prey of an advanced and intelligent species of aliens. In this novel, the aliens have developed a technology that allows them to control the minds of humans, and they use this power to control the population and achieve their own goals. The aliens use their control over the minds of humans to create a society where the majority of the population is composed of docile and submissive slaves.This book is a chilling vision of the future in which humans are the prey of an advanced and intelligent species of aliens. The aliens use their control over the minds of humans to create a society where the majority of the population is composed of docile and submissive slaves.; 8vo; 367 pages; MR, Price check? .
Synopsis
E-book extras: Exclusive Crichton interview. Also: "As Explained by M.C.": Highlights from Michael Crichton's 30-plus years of making complex concepts understandable and entertaining. Plus: "The Crichton Canon," an introduction to his 12 prior novels and 4 works of nonfiction.In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey.As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence -- in a story of breathtaking suspense. Prey is a novel you can't put down. Because time is running out.
Reviews
On Nov 6 2022, a reader said:
Great book, once your in it you really don't want out. Great ending as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54633
- Title
- Prey - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Crichton, Michael
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0066214122
- ISBN 13
- 9780066214122
- Publisher
- Harpercollinspublishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
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