false 32260 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 32260 19 1889331 1999 Gravity total:657|5:203|4:238|3:179|2:30|1:7| 657 2571 996 87 18149 3.89 15853 1772 54943647 1939764 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.90 571 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 3 0 false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 15:32:46 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 15:36:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49913438 582249 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 2 0 false Sun Apr 05 10:14:57 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 18:15:55 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 10:14:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47480687 253719 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 5 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Feb 25 07:57:14 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 07:58:19 -0800 2009 48637267 1471918 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 4 1 false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 17:28:15 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 13:27:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 21182023 86145 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 4 0 false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 11:59:21 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 16:38:09 -0700 2008 Michael Critchon.

and very, very medical in its tone - it really reminded me of Andromeda Strain, which is one of my favorite thrillers ever.

this is set in both space and on earth, and in the deep deep waters of the galapagos. there are still a few ...more...]]> 13599710 283014 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 26 00:51:48 -0800 2008 Sat Jun 07 20:26:52 -0700 2008 A series of events - some deliberate, and some accid...more...]]> 48090124 220757 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 4 0 false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 03 04:39:37 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 08:00:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 69093409 2522591 903442 0671016776 9780671016777 7 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179323970m/903442.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179323970s/903442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/903442.Gravity 3.92 48 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 5 0 false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 09:42:53 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 09:46:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 44178391 1401927 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 24 10:26:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 10:29:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 76673742 1256262 903442 0671016776 9780671016777 7 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179323970m/903442.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179323970s/903442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/903442.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 3 1 true Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 02:46:21 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:05:04 -0800 2009
ET meets The Andromeda Strain.

Good story, well written. Good attention to detail, with only a few technical nits.

A couple gaffs: If a shuttle crashed landing at White Sands, there'd be no way you could cover it up. And, Americans would be rioting in the s...more...]]> 16662845 953675 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 5 1 false Wed Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 28 20:41:03 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 20:51:50 -0800 2008 Mission Impossible 2, since it talked a lot about the Chimera virus. And it was very interesting on how Tess Gerritsen described how the astronauts on the space station looked and acted after being infected with the virus. I couldn't...more...]]> 51320091 2172803 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 5 0 false Thu Apr 02 17:33:09 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 17:34:26 -0700 2009 1 73198128 2720939 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 5 0 false Fri Oct 02 08:21:18 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:33:26 -0700 2009 1 80009468 1943105 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 4 0 false Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 16:08:25 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 09:01:47 -0800 2009 78896238 2087392 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 3 0 false Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 16:22:08 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 18:11:58 -0800 2009 51079988 2179634 1888063 0671016784 9780671016784 6 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189800281m/1888063.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189800281s/1888063.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1888063.Gravity 4.12 24 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 5 0 false Tue Mar 31 16:43:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 06:14:34 -0700 2009 When someone asks me, "What's your favorite book?" I make sure "Gravity" is one of the ones I name. This is the very first book of Tess's I've ever read. I picked it up at a mass book sale that I happened to be dragged to. The book cover wa...more...]]> 28616177 254905 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 4 0 false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 09:26:02 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 10:12:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 60550230 2393446 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Jun 21 15:27:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 19:03:30 -0700 2009 60691325 346291 1888063 0671016784 9780671016784 6 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189800281m/1888063.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189800281s/1888063.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1888063.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

]]> 1999 4 0 false Mon Jun 22 15:55:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 15:56:46 -0700 2009 44946789 1361729 32260 0006513085 9780006513087 73 <![CDATA[Gravity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378m/32260.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168379378s/32260.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32260.Gravity 3.91 657 Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

Other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors: Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler

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