Sphere
- 385
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Sphere” opens as a novel of ideas, with a crew deep under the sea reasoning through what contact with an alien intelligence might mean. The science feels plausible; later the book shifts towards psychological suspense and a rapid series of twists, which some readers find gripping and others one turn too many. It is an easy, fast read for anyone who likes thrillers built on ideas.
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About the book
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.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 753 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 84% of the weight and the score stays at 7.5 — the Science fiction average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 16 | 2% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 9 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 728 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is Sphere?
It has 385 pages — shorter than 64% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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