- Mass Market Paperback: 316 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; Reissue edition (Jun 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345378490
- ISBN-13: 978-0345378491
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,485,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If you saw the 1995 film adaptation of this Crichton thriller, somebody owes you an apology. While you're waiting for that to happen, try reading the vastly more intelligent novel on which the movie was based. The broad lines of the plot remain the same: A research team deep in the jungle disappears after a mysterious and grisly gorilla attack. A subsequent team, including a sign-language-speaking simian named Amy, follows the original team's tracks only to be subjected to more mysterious and grisly gorilla attacks. If you can look past the breathless treatment of 80s' technology, like voice-recognition software and 256K RAM modules (the book was written in 1980), you'll find the same smart use of science and edge-of-your-seat suspense shared by Crichton's other work. --Paul Hughes, Amazon.com
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The legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj have seen an eight-person field exhibition die. After startling discoveries, a new expedition is sent back into the Congo--its mission, to descend into the secret world where the only way back out may be through the grisliest death....
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible thriller,
By A Customer
This review is from: Congo (Paperback)
This book is really hooking and keeps you on your toes. The research done for this book is amazing.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent.,
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This review is from: Congo (Paperback)
I saw the film version of this book and it was rubbish. When I read the book it was a million times better! Michael Crichton is a brilliant author who it seems cannot stop writing bestsellers! Some of my friends did not like the detail that went into the book, but I think it makes the book better - you can actually understand the issues intead of authors glossing over whole topics. The only possibly bad thing about this book was that the ending could have been a little better. Some of the areas approached are thought provoking, which shows how much research went into the book. The topic of primate research is now much harder than it was then - the issue of ethics is around every corner. All in all, an exellent book that everyone should read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
IN DEEPEST AFRICA LIES A MYSTERY WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED...,
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This review is from: Congo (Paperback)
This is a well-written, action-packed adventure novel that keeps the reader turning the pages. Imaginative and entertaining, this novel takes the reader to the Congo, where the ruins of the ancient lost city of Zinj are said to exist.When the camp of a small research expedition near the site of the ruins is destroyed by unknown forces in a matter of minutes with no survivors, a transmission of the ravaged site manages to makes its way back to the expedition's home base in Houston. The viewers, though stunned by the destruction, decide that the show must go on and another expedition is dispatched to the site on a mission of vast importance. This time the expedition is accompanied by a primatologist and Amy, a special gorilla with an ability to sign and a penchant for finger painting. One of her drawing just happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to an ancient drawing of the lost city of Zinj. When the expedition arrives, they will soon discover the meaning of this, much to their detriment. This is a marvelously written thriller, dense with detail and interesting characters, as well as a pervasive sense of dread as the expedition arrives at its ill-fated destination. The author does not fail to deliver an exciting reading experience that will keep the reader riveted.
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