false<![CDATA[Congo]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637963m/7672.jpg767243If you saw the 1995 film adaptation of this Crichton thriller, somebody owes you an apology. While you're waiting for <I>that</I> to happen, try reading the vastly more intelligent novel on which the movie was based. The broad lines of the plot remain the same: A research team deep in the jungle disappears after a mysterious and grisly gorilla attack. A subsequent team, including a sign-language-speaking simian named Amy, follows the original team's tracks only to be subjected to more mysterious and grisly gorilla attacks. If you can look past the breathless treatment of '80s technology, like voice-recognition software and 256K RAM modules (the book was written in 1980), you'll find the same smart use of science and edge-of-your-seat suspense shared by Crichton's other work. <I>--Paul Hughes</I>6882991980Congototal:14311|5:1122|4:3291|3:6125|2:3014|1:759|14311439361600145314falsefalseMon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995Sun Jul 08 15:33:15 -0700 2007Sun Jul 08 15:50:33 -0700 2007 ...more...]]>
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but don't read under this or it will ruin the story for you.
This book takes place in many continents starting in the USA. First with an American team of ERTS who search for important geological parts of the earth for which they can extract important mineral...more...]]>
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Pacing was the biggest drawback to this book. CONSTANT tangents to science wrapped up as background/context/character thoughts. Very distracting. A volcano explodes, then we're hearing a 1980'...more...]]>
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41falsefalseSun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995Fri Aug 15 08:58:22 -0700 2008Fri Aug 15 09:03:22 -0700 2008 Unfortunately this was made into a horrible horrible movie. I would advise everyone to stay clear of the mov...more...]]>
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The first page of this book explian how much we do not know about Africa, and the auther expresses a wrong our sight about Africa. Africa is bigger than N...more...]]>
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not good. I didn't hate it, but didn't really enjoy. For extra credit: watch the movie and totally destroy the memory of what little goodness is in the book to start with.]]>
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