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S'està carregant… Prey (2002 original; edició 2002)de Michael Crichton (Autor)
Informació de l'obraPrey de Michael Crichton (2002)
   No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. This may be my favorite Crichton book, next to Jurassic Park, of course. A great technological thriller. Although unrealistic at times, the science in this book is very real. It is very descriptive and verbose, with alot of scientific background and explanations. Some may find this a bit difficult or boring to follow, but the characters and central plot keep it interesting. (  ) Jfranklin592262 | Feb 24, 2023 |  CW: sexual references (  ) Mrs_Tapsell_Bookzone | Feb 14, 2023 | Yet another of the luddite delusions of Crichton (in this one, the main character programs sophisticated swarm algorithms using BASIC...) (  ) maurobio | Dec 7, 2022 | I've always enjoyed Crichton books, but Prey might rank at the bottom of that list for me. Not that the book was terrible, just not as exciting or engaging as the rest of his books. Prey was a little too heavy in techno-speak for my liking and did plod along in places before the protagonist finally got to the bottom of the story. The plot - nanotechnology run amok - is plausible, but it didn't jump off the page for this reader. The book's last quarter picked up the pace and concluded with a satisfying ending. With that said, though, if you're new to Crichton you might want to start somewhere else in his volume of work to really appreciate his imagination and genius. (  ) coachtim30 | Nov 26, 2022 | 9-7 gutierrezmonge | Oct 15, 2022 |
 Prey is a thriller, well constructed and fun to read, like Michael Crichton's other books. Prey finds him in familiar territory, cooking up devilish situations for mankind at the hands of scientists working without restraint and manipulated by big business for their own greedy ends.  As a writer, Crichton has always been a businessman, but his novels are usually competent. This one is dull, dull, dull. Science fiction can work (Alien, Blade Runner), but only where the mix of science and fiction is right.  Crichton dresses up his stories in contemporary clothes, and the nature of the threat is as much a wardrobe decision as anything else. It is, in fact, the key decision, and his alighting on nanotechnology is inspired. But ''Prey'' blazes enough trails that no one will mind that none of them are literary.
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. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54 — Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (3.45)
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