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Prey

Prey

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In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles—micro-robots—has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive.It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour.Every attempt to destroy it has failed.And we are the prey.
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles—micro-robots—has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive.It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour.Every attempt to destroy it has failed.And we are the prey.

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categoriesBooks, Fiction & Literature, Thrillers
Publish date: Nov 25, 2002
Added to Scribd: Aug 27, 2013
Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialISBN:9780061750236

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cariottadambra reviewed this|12 days ago
Rated 5/5
up to I looked at the check which was of $7272, I didn't believe that...my... best friend woz like they say realie bringing home money part-time from there new laptop.. there best friend had bean doing this 4 only fourteen months and resently repayed the mortgage on there home and purchased a great Fiat Panda. article sourcehttp://www.wep6.com
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jetsilver reviewed this|6 months ago
Rated 2/5
My main impression when reading this book was that Crichton must have been having marriage trouble when he wrote it. It comes through. In that, "Wow, Author, I'm not sure you meant to show your issues off quite so publicly, and I'm sort of embarrassed on your behalf," sort of a way.

Also, plot holes. Still, a page turner, if not even managing to be internally consistent. Or have characters react in plausible ways. Or, or, or.

Greg Bear did this plotline much much better, though. Blood Music, if you liked the concept but thought Crichton fumbled it.
atdcross reviewed this|8 months ago
Rated 3/5
Chrichton keeps a flow of suspense in his writings that in one page may heighten your need to know more and, at the next page, you just want to get to the end to see how it finishes (which I have never done, that is, read the ending of a book before I finished it). He also involves you in the somewhat technical details of the science his book revolves around without at the least being tedious. The way he gives you the information just accelerates the suspense. "Prey" is no different. While a company attempts to design a tiny robotic camera for the defense department using nano-technology, it goes terribly wrong and micro-robots escape the confines of the laboratory and begin evolving with an intelligence all their own with deadly consequences.I should mention that a few times - not many - Chrichton resorts to profane language, which is totally unnecessary. I am surprised as I haven't noticed it in previous books I've read by him (although it has been awhile since I picked up a Chrichton book to read). If you can forgive him for that, I'm sure you will enjoy the read.
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benuathanasia reviewed this|about 1 year ago
Rated 4/5
A tad bit predictable, but very good nonetheless. Very typical "Crichton".
1 hundred reads|14 days ago
ctmsalmo reviewed this|about 1 year ago
Rated 5/5
Thrilling! The story was different than normal sci-fi. It felt real. 
florencecraye reviewed this|about 1 year ago
Rated 3/5
I thought it was so cool to be able to say "Oh I'm just doing some recommended reading for my CS class" when reading this sort of book. Yes, it's recommended reading for a class on Evolutionary Computation. The book itself wasn't amazing.. the writing was a little weird in places, almost as if he had the beginning and the end written and he was struggling to fill in the middle. But definitely an entertaining read for me, given my recent entry into the field of phage evolution. Is the science sound? Well.. he's got a nice reading list at the end of the book. That's about where the science ends. The rest I felt was just cool, science-y name dropping. Worth a read though :)
sturlington_1 reviewed this|about 1 year ago
Rated 3/5
I read Crichton’s novel for two reasons: 1) because I usually learn something from him about a new subject that interest me, like nanotechnology; and 2) because they’re usually very suspenseful, exciting, quick reads. In this case, I did learn something new – but not as much as I would have liked – about nanotechnology and molecular engineering, the scientific areas that the technological horror story explores.But the truth is that, this time, the plot was more than a little silly, the characters were bare sketches of typical Crichton people – none of whom I cared a lick about – and the suspense was almost entirely missing. Yes, it was a quick read, but a thoroughly unsatisfying one. Perhaps Crichton isn’t trying anymore, or perhaps I’ve outgrown him; I suspect it’s a combination of both. But while Jurassic Park may be counted as a guilty pleasure, this novel gives no pleasure at all.
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