Prey
- 464
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #8
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Our view
“Prey” is a techno-thriller built like a monster film: quick, visual and carried by a threat grounded in plausible-sounding science. Crichton’s warning about nanotechnology and distributed artificial intelligence gives the action some substance, and it reads fast. Some readers point to gaps in the plot and to characters who react in ways that are hard to believe. Good entertainment for anyone who enjoyed his earlier science scares.
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About the book
Prey is the thirteenth novel by Michael Crichton under his own name and his twenty-third novel overall. It was first published in November 2002, making it his first novel of the twenty-first century. An excerpt was first published in the January–February 2003 issue of Seed magazine. Prey brings together themes from two earlier Crichton best-selling novels, Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, and serves as a cautionary tale about developments in science and technology: in particular, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and distributed artificial intelligence.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 547 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.0 | 44 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 503 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Prey?
It has 464 pages — longer than 56% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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