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CONGO. by Michael Crichton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 12, Entertainer-educator Crichton, that clever devil, has done it again—by dressing up one of the oldest book/movie scenarios around with enough capsulized science, history, and geography to keep readers happily on their toes. It's an expedition to darkest Africa, to the northeast corner of the Congo rain forest in Zaire, in search of a . This book isn't as good as Jurassic Park but it's a good read nonetheless. The book focuses on a small group of people heading into the Congo to find a lost city that has rare diamonds in it. Something has protected the city from explorers for years. The group finds that a breed of gorillas protects the city/5(K). Crichton’s novel Eaters of the Dead was inspired by Beowulf. “The challenge is in revitalizing the old forms,” he explains. Crichton taps out his books on an Olivetti word processor (price: $13,) and bombards readers with high-density scientific data and jargon, only some of which is real. “I did check on the rapids in the Congo,” he says. “They exist, but not where I put them.”.

Read Congo online free from your iPhone, iPad, android, Pc, Mobile. Congo is a Science Fiction novel by Michael Crichton. Entertainer-educator Crichton, that clever devil, has done it again—by dressing up one of the oldest book/movie scenarios around with enough capsulized science, history, and geography to keep readers happily on their toes. It's an expedition to darkest Africa, to the northeast corner of the Congo rain forest in Zaire, in search of a lost city (Zinj) full of diamonds and danger. Title: Congo Author: Michael Crichton Type: Fiction Page Count/Review Word Count: Rating: /5 This book is very much a product of its time, as you'll see if you pick it up and start reading. It was actually kind of fascinating to me to discover Chrichton's depiction of cutting edge technology from way back inRead More If you liked this, you might also like: Michael Crichton.

CONGO. by Michael Crichton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 12, Entertainer-educator Crichton, that clever devil, has done it again—by dressing up one of the oldest book/movie scenarios around with enough capsulized science, history, and geography to keep readers happily on their toes. It's an expedition to darkest Africa, to the northeast corner of the Congo rain forest in Zaire, in search of a lost city (Zinj) full of diamonds and danger. Congo is a science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo. Crichton calls Congo a lost world novel in the tradition founded by Henry Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, featuring the mines of that work's title. Michael Crichton’s Congo Summary Analysis. The book Congo is about a group of people who go to the African Congo to return a gorilla to her homeland and to find type IIb blue diamonds. On their journey, they discover the lost city of Zinj and a new species of killer gorillas, which they must overcome to survive.