Prey: A Novel
by Crichton, Michael
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002005549
- ISBN 13
- 9780002005548
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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.
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Great book, once your in it you really don't want out. Great ending as well.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvolk The Virtual Book Store (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000627
- Title
- Prey: A Novel
- Author
- Crichton, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002005549
- ISBN 13
- 9780002005548
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- science fiction novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Science Fiction; Fiction (Novels, Novellas, Short Stories);
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