by Michael Crichton · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401324307
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Esfera» is the science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (365 pages, in Spanish).
At the bottom of the Pacific, a mysterious spacecraft of great dimensions is discovered. A team of scientists —an astrophysicist, a biologist, a mathematician, and a psychologist— investigates the find, which defies all logical explanation. The ship seems to hold an extraordinary power that threatens life around it.
The edition with flaps belongs to the Éxitos Collection by Plaza & Janés, published in 1992. The original title is Sphere, from 1987.
For fans of science fiction and suspense looking for an underwater mystery with a scientific team and psychological tension.
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
