false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190490004m/1930375.jpg 83763 59 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 it learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programed 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. <i>-Copied from dustjacket flap</i> 1258566 book 2002 Prey total:8826|5:1373|4:2660|3:3186|2:1285|1:322| 8826 29955 10451 637 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 1 2 false Wed Jun 11 16:14:50 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 11:17:45 -0700 2008
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Here’s the plot: Somewhere in the Nevada desert, a hi-tech corporation has been experimenting with nanotechnology swarms. Of course, the l...more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 2 0 true Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 02 22:08:30 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 22:11:13 -0800 2009
Book Review:
I have never read a book that was written by Michael Crichton and I thought I would give it a try. After the constant recommendations my friend made, I decided to pick up The Prey by Michael Crichton and I realized he was one of the worst writers that I have encountere...more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 4 0 false Wed Oct 21 17:32:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 19:43:15 -0700 2009
This book was pretty good, nothing that spectacular about i...more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 5 0 true Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:46:39 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:49:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 2 1 false Sat May 16 09:22:48 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 13:11:24 -0700 2009 Timeline and Jurassic Park, although Jurassic ...more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 4 0 true Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 20:54:13 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 17:54:14 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 1 0 true Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 11:15:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 13:04:22 -0700 2009 Prey was not what I expected, nor was Michael Crichton what I remembered.

I loved Jurassic Park and thought I would be equally enchanted by Prey but was very disappointed. The scientific basis for the story was interesting but it reeled out of control toward the end of the book and became...more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 5 1 true Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 06:26:18 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 22:59:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 4 1 false Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 02:05:56 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 01:31:53 -0700 2008
In finishing, I have to say this is one of my favorite Crighton books out of the six or seven that I have r...more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 4 0 false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:48:43 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 05:23:27 -0700 2009 1 Timeline) but I loved them both. I really like his writing style and I like that (as far as I can tell from the two books of his I've read) he hasn't fallen into a predictable pattern. The ending of both books were differe...more...]]> 3312317 0007161336 9780007161331 6 1 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3312317.Prey 4 0 false Thu Jun 11 05:56:19 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 06:02:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 2 0 true Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:49:02 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:58:46 -0700 2009
The problem here is that his characters are aggressively stupid...more...]]> 83763 0061015725 9780061015724 8270 580 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047337m/83763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83763.Prey 4 0 true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 05:55:41 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 06:02:11 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1930375