Sphere is really the book that started my Crichton obsession. An entity called "Jerry" who is going to pay them a visit that they might not survive. A creature communicating with them via their computers. But there's something else out there too.
An ocean devoid of life is now abundant in everything from shrimp to jellyfish. Back in the habitat things start to subtly change. This, unlike the ship, is obviously of alien origin. While they wrap their heads around this conundrum they stumble on a sphere in the hold. At first glance the ship, while old, is obviously man made and comes from the future, but returned to Earth's past by mistake. As the team settles into the habitat on the ocean floor they prepare for their first sojourn to the ship. The "vessel" lies at the bottom of the ocean and has been there for hundreds of years. This crash though is unlike anything he could ever have expected. He is now in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and before him are the candidates he had suggested would make the ideal welcoming party. He thought it was all a joke, but took the job because with a wife and a family who was he to turn away good money? It was no joke. But years earlier he worked on a secret project for the government wherein he was asked to think about the hypothetical event of the wreck being extraterrestrial in origin. Norman Johnson is a psychologist who is often asked to come to plane wrecks to help the survivors.
To Buy (different edition than one reviewed)
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