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In Prey, bestselling author Michael Crichton introduces bad guys that are too small to be seen with the naked eye but no less deadly or intriguing than the runaway dinosaurs that made 1990's Jurassic Park such a blockbuster success.
High-tech whistle-blower Jack Forman used to specialize in programming computers to solve problems by mimicking the behavior of efficient wild animals--swarming bees or hunting hyena packs, for example. Now he's unemployed and is finally starting to enjoy his new role as stay-at-home dad. All would be domestic bliss if it were not for Jack's suspicions that his wife, who's been behaving strangely and working long hours at the top-secret research labs of Xymos Technology, is having an affair. When he's called in to help with her hush-hush project, it seems like the perfect opportunity to see what his wife's been doing, but Jack quickly finds there's a lot more going on in the lab than an illicit affair. Within hours of his arrival at the remote testing center, Jack discovers his wife's firm has created self-replicating nanotechnology--a literal swarm of microscopic machines. Originally meant to serve as a military eye in the sky, the swarm has now escaped into the environment and is seemingly intent on killing the scientists trapped in the facility. The reader realizes early, however, that Jack, his wife, and fellow scientists have more to fear from the hidden dangers within the lab than from the predators without.

The monsters may be smaller in this book, but Crichton's skill for suspense has grown, making Prey a scary read that's hard to set aside, though not without its minor flaws. The science in this novel requires more explanation than did the cloning of dinosaurs, leading to lengthy and sometimes dry academic lessons. And while the coincidence of Xymos's new technology running on the same program Jack created at his previous job keeps the plot moving, it may be more than some readers can swallow. But, thanks in part to a sobering foreword in which Crichton warns of the real dangers of technology that continues to evolve more quickly than common sense, Prey succeeds in gripping readers with a tense and frightening tale of scientific suspense. --Benjamin Reese

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CD Unabridged

The science in this book is certainly above my head. I want to say it could never happen, but some of the things that are currently happening we use to say never could happen.

I got so tired of hearing the word "said" -- I said, he said, she said, May said, etc. Didn't the author and editors know any other word to put in its place? Or did they think since Crichton is a best seller they didn't need to spend time on the editing?

RELEASE NOTES:

Going to Amberkatze as a RABCK for my registering 1000 books.

A big huge thank you booklady331 for this audio book! I can't wait to try it out and may even have to put it on my ipod to listen to while on the way to and from work.

Congratulations again on reaching 1000 registered books! I am getting neared to my 1000 as well and I hope to send out some rabcks as well to mark the occasion!

I loved listening to this and actually went out and got some other audio books for myself to listen to in the future. I can't read on my trip to work so this was a great substitute!

The story was good but a little scary. Although Michael Crichton always manages to scare in some way! I have to admit though that I doubt I would read this all the way though. Listening to it was much easier with all the technical aspects. Also Robert Sean Leonard's voice was nice to listen to :) I love watching House so I was happy to see a familiar face was reading this!

Anyway I will be sending this off to Germany as part of a Bookmooch! I hope the person recieving it also enjoys it!

Kam mit der Hörbuchbox II wieder nach Hause und verbleibt für die dritte Version der Box in selbiger.

Hier gilt das beinahe das gleiche wie bei Zorro:

Es ist mir nicht ganz klar, wie dieses Hörbuch in clawdiewauzis Audio-Box Ohrengemauschel gelangen konnte, denn an der Vorgängerbox Zwei Ohren Box - Ohrkiste II war Amberkatze gar nicht beteiligt (Shit-happens erwähnt es erstmals, möglicherweise ist es auch schon seit Fussballgott in der Box). Dies mag eine der wiederkehrenden Ungereimtheiten sein, die irritieren und bisweilen verärgern. Bemerkenswert, dass in diesem Zusammenhang immer wieder die gleichen Namen (und damit meine ich ausdrücklich NICHT Amberkatze!) auftauchen und für Verwunderung sorgen. Soviel zur Vorrede.

Da das Hörbuch bereits seit mindestens August 2008 mitreist, einige Stationen passiert hat und clawdiewauzi selbst kein Interesse zeigt, werde ich mir überlegen, ob ich vom dem 1:2-Tauschangebot Gebrauch machen, es aus der Box nehmen und stattdessen zwei andere Hörbücher mitreisen lassen sollte.

... ist in der Box geblieben und weitergezogen.

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I have no clue, how and why this audio-book is part of clawdiewauzis Audio-Box Ohrengemauschel in which I received it. There is at least one (probably more) journal-entry missing between Amberkatze and clawdiewauzi, what is strange, irritating and (according to the experiences with some common names/participants of former boxes) also extremely annoying.

Anyway, this audio-book was travelling so far, that I'm willing to test it, although I'm not really a fan of Michael Crichton. Afterwards I'll decide what to do with PREY: keep it or let it go.