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Title: Congo by Michael Crichton ISBN: 0-345-37849-0 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 23 November, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (209 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Most Entertaining Novel Since "Jurassic Park"
Comment: This novel kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time I read. Michael Crichton does a good job displaying realism in this realistic science fiction novel. He creates a story in the darkest region of the Congo, near the Lost City of Zinj,where an eight-person expedition dies brutally in a matter of seconds. At the home base back in Houston, supervisors watch a gruesome video transmission of the ill-fated team: dead bodies, tents crushed, and a blurred dark moving image. A new expedition is sent to the Congo. Some are in search for diamonds while a primatologist is taking his gorilla Amy, who knows sign language, back to her home in the Congo. During the expedition they encounter trouble with the native tribes and man-eating gorillas. Many people die and there is a lot of action in this thriller. Life threatening creatures and jungle weather creates a setting which makes this book so entertaining. This book can be compared to "Jurassic Park." Both display great action scenes and interesting stories by the same author. I recommend this book greatly if you are either a science-fiction or suspense thriller fan.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another Crichton Classic
Comment: In _Congo_, an expedition team was found brutally murdered by a gorrila like animal. This was caught on a video transmission. Just before the creature breaks the video camera, it is caught on tape.
Taking no time, another expedition team is set out to get a special type of diamonds at the Lost City of Zinj. Karen Ross is put in charge of the expedition, along with with Peter Elliot and his "talking" gorilla Amy.
This is another page-turner by Crichton. I highly recommend this enthralling read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Different, but still a Crichton classic...
Comment: Before reading this, I finished JURASSIC PARK, and, believe me, they both seem pretty different. Don't get me wrong, though- they're both absolutely fabulous.
This is mainly about a lost city called 'Zinj' that was a really prosperous and ancient diamond mine in the Congo. Though it had been lost for years, a sort of artifact-hunting American company used technology to find the location. They immediately form a team to go and get it before the rival company finds the diamonds first. Why are these diamonds, that are supposed to be laced with impurities, so desirable? It turns out that these so-called 'blue diamonds' is one of the key factors to the making of super fast- and expensive- computers. Whichever computer company gets these diamonds will have a monopoly on the market for about the next five years- which makes the buyers extra and specially intent ($$$$$$$$$$) to get 'em.
But, the team has a bit of a problem. The eight crew members mysteriously were murdered on-site. Video footage of the site shows that the attacker was a black figure that looks exactly like a gorilla.
And that's one of the reasons why Amy, a super-smart gorilla that knows-and has conversations- in sign language is recruited for the ride. She had recently been having nightmares of the city, because that was where her mother had been murdered- in exactly the same way that the researchers had.
So they set off for the city, prepared for whatever the monster may be...
One thing that you have to love about Crichton books is that they're so incredibly scientific. At the beginning, anything can be possible, from aliens to yetis to monsters, but in the end, the REAL scary thing is that it really seems possible. I was a total Crichton fan after reading just one of his books; they all rock, this one included. Even if you're a bit wary about reading a book that sounds so centered around a monkey, go for it. you'll be surprised.
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Title: The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton ISBN: 0060541814 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sphere by MICHAEL CRICHTON ISBN: 0345353145 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 July, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Airframe by Michael Crichton ISBN: 0345402871 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton ISBN: 0345370775 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Timeline by MICHAEL CRICHTON ISBN: 0345417623 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 24 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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