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| Author | Michael Crichton |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | May 12, 1987 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 385 |
| ISBN | 0-394-56110-4 |
| OCLC | 15198625 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.R48 S6 1987 |
| Preceded by | Congo |
| Followed by | Jurassic Park |
Sphere is a 1987 novel by Michael Crichton, his sixth novel under his own name and his sixteenth overall. It was adapted into the film Sphere in 1998.[1]
The story follows Norman Johnson, a psychologist engaged by the United States Navy, who joins a team of scientists assembled to examine a spacecraft of unknown origin discovered on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The novel begins as a science fiction story but quickly transforms into a psychological thriller, developing into an exploration of the nature of the human imagination.