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Prey
by Michael Crichton
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0732283876
- ISBN 13
- 9780732283872
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Harper Collins, Australia, 2004. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 369 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Harper Collins, Australia, 2004. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In California, odd things are happening to unemployed scientist Jack Forman. His children tell Jack that strange men have visited the house. And Julia, his wife, isn't helping - she acts, even looks, somehow different. Deep in the Nevada desert, in the laboratory where Julia works, things are out of control. A swarm of rogue microbots, designed to reproduce and learn, is developing with a frightening speed that has the scientists battling to contain it. Only when Jack is called in to help does he discover the shocking truth - the microbots have been programmed to behave as predators. And Man is the prey! *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0732283876. ISBN/EAN: 9780732283872. Inventory No: 13110108.. 9780732283872
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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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
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13110108
- Title
- Prey
- Author
- Michael Crichton
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0732283876
- ISBN 13
- 9780732283872
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Science Fiction & Fantasy; Prey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy;
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