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Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition of eight American geologists is mysteriously and brutally killed in a matter of minutes.Ten thousand miles away, Karen Ross, the Congo Project Supervisor, watches a gruesome video transmission of the aftermath a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside dead bodies all motionless except for one moving image a grainy, dark, man shaped blur.In San Francisco, primatologist Peter Elliot works with Amy, a gorilla with an extraordinary vocabulary of 620 signs, the most ever learned by a primate, and she likes to fingerpaint But recently, her behavior has been erratic and her drawings match, with stunning accuracy, the brittle pages of a Portuguese print dating back to 1642 a drawing of an ancient lost city A new expedition along with Amy is sent into the Congo where they enter a secret world, and the only way out may be through a horrifying death. Free Read Congo [ author ] Michael Crichton [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr i m having a little trouble with myself right now i just gave this one 4 stars and Inner Snob Mark is getting very twitchy, almost trigger happy, ready to take control of my favorite hand and bump this one down to 3 stars never fear, i have a tight rein on Inner Snob Mark and have carefully compartmentalized him away tonight but he does have a few good points my God, i gave the timeless classic The Last Unicorn 3 stars i gave Room which wrecked me emotionally and had me crying like someon i m ha...First off, I ve always gone bananas over books and movies that have giant apes big gorillas in them, going way back to when I was a kid, particularly with movie classics like, King Kong and Mighty Joe Young, that were a blast for me and my brother to watch together.Reading books and watching movies about big apes helps me reconnect with those experiences I will always hold dear to me.I ve been going ape over everything anything simian fiction related ever since When I first saw the First off, I ve always gone bananas over books and movies that have giant apes big gorillas in them, going way back to when I was a kid, particularly with movie classics like, King Kong and Mighty Joe Young, that were a blast for me and my brother to watch together.Reading books and watching movies about big apes helps me reconnect with those experiences I will always hold dear to me.I ve been going ape over everything anything simian fiction related ever since When I first saw the preview for the movie, Congo, it was a no brainer that I would be seeing it as soon as it came out Anyone who may have seen the original advertisements for the movie may remember that the 1st preview centered on character, Charles Travis, played by fan favorite actor, Bruce Campbell Ever since I first saw Evil Dead, starring Bruce Campbell as Ash, I followed every single film he did But, if you saw Congo, th...302 302 13 31 Michael Crichton s work should be considered the epitome of geek literature AKA science fiction, genre fiction, or speculative fiction , but was somehow embraced by the mainstream so much so that even if the academic crowd doesn t take him very seriously, Crichton still addressed Congress Genre fiction is such a dismissive term, so Crichton was given his own genre it s not geek it s a techno thriller Congo, published in 1980, has all of Crichton s geekiest motifs, including a heroine wh Michael Crichton s work should be considered the epitome of geek literature AKA science fiction, genre fiction, or speculative fiction , but was somehow embraced by the mainstream so much so that even if the academic crowd doesn t take him very seriously, Crichton st...I saw this on Chris list and it triggered an old, funny memory Now, I did read this book back in high school I went through a Michael Crichton phase and his books being as they are, I managed to read through his dare I say oevure in a summer don t recall which summer, tho The odd memory that Chris triggered however, has to to do with the movie Congo I had a good friend in high school, wonderful fella, still a great friend About the time we were seniors, he started dating or as I saw this on Chris list and it triggered an old, funny memory Now, I did read this book back in high school I went through a Michael Crichton phase and his books being as they are, I managed to read through his dare I say oevure in a summer don t recall which summer, tho The odd memory that Chris triggered however, has to to do with the movie Congo I had a good friend in high school, wonderful fella, still a great friend About the time we were seniors, he started dating or as the kids say, going ste...What did I think What did I think This book has Talking monkeys Sinister Japanese businessmen Lasers Laser guns The actual phrase laser gun Cannibals African revolutionaries Hippo attacks Blue diamonds Wildly inaccurate predictions about the future of supercomputing Supercomputers Speculation on the nature of language Gorillas bred to kill Milquetoast academics forced by circumstance into acts of badassery Sky diving gorillas An ancient lost city called Zinj A volcanic eruptionand a flippin What did I think What did I think This book has Talking monkeys Sinister Japanese businessmen Lasers Laser guns The actual phrase laser gun Cannibals African revolutionaries Hippo attacks Blue dia...A seriously good techno thriller which had me wondering for the most part Of course, it being written in the eighties not all of the technology that Crichton uses to construct the story are still relevant, but their canny placement in the narrative to resolve tangles or deliver surprise twists was simply too neat The characters where typical thriller material not sufficiently developed, but not boring either Amy the talking Gorilla simply stood out, and I learned a good deal about the tropi A seriously good techno thriller which had me wondering for the most part Of course, it being written in the eighties not all of the technology that Crichton uses to construct the story are still relevant, but their canny placement in the narrative to resolve tangles or deliver surprise twists was simply too neat The characters where typical thriller material not sufficiently developed, but not boring either Amy the talking Goril...Not bad in placesother times it s sort of a puleez book Again Crichton has one that could have been better The best I suppose I can say is..it wasn t as lame as the movie So full of PC political rhetoric it seemed to me that any story got lost Spoilers below Line view spoiler The Amy character is just too sweet for wordsI had to take insulin I love animals, really I do, not setting up a joke here about eating meat Though I do eat meat But I love animal Not bad in placesother times it s sort of a puleez book Again Crichton has one that could have been better The best I suppose I can say is..it wasn t as lame as the movie So full of PC political rhetoric it seemed to me that any story got lost Spoilers below Line view spoiler The Amy character is just too sweet for wordsI had to take insulin I love animals, really I do, not setting up a joke here about eating meat Though I do eat meat But I love animals and I know that Gorillas are not actually predat...Just as bad as the movie.This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Michael Crichton books all start off with this huge technological hook and are excellent at grabbing you by your ear and dragging you along, but somewhere along the way he fizzles It s like he has this great idea, but can t figure out a way for his protagonists to create a successful ending Andromeda Strain, the virus floats off into space woo hoo Sphere the whole adventure was imaginary, woo hoo Congo, earthquake wipes out all the lovely evidence and negates the whole adventureboo hoo Michael Crichton books all start off with this huge technological hook and are excellent at grabbing you by your ear and dragging you along, but somewhere along the way he fizzles It s like he has this great idea, but can t figure out a way for his protagonists to create a successful ending Andromeda Strain, the virus floats off into space woo hoo Sphere the whole adventure was imaginar...

Congo
  • English
  • 10 March 2017
  • Paperback
  • 480 pages
  • 0060541830
  • Michael Crichton
  • Congo