{"product_id":"2026200014150-secondhand-sphere","title":"Sphere","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First UK ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath a thousand feet of ocean, a team of scientists discovers what may be humanity's most extraordinary and terrifying secret — a spacecraft of enormous dimensions, resting on the Pacific floor, that appears to have been there for three hundred years. Sphere is a masterwork of psychological science fiction that chronicles the harrowing journey of psychologist Norman Johnson and his handpicked crew of experts as they descend into the deep-sea unknown, only to encounter a perfect golden orb of alien origin that begins to manifest their deepest fears into deadly, tangible reality. Crichton constructs a claustrophobic pressure-cooker of paranoia and wonder, blending cutting-edge scientific theory with visceral, page-turning suspense that grips from the first page to the last.\n\nThematically rich and philosophically daring, Sphere argues that the greatest danger humanity faces may not come from the stars, but from the dark and uncharted territories of the human mind itself. Crichton's signature style — meticulous in its research, relentless in its pacing — draws on disciplines from marine biology to quantum physics, grounding the fantastical in an unsettling plausibility. First published in 1987, the novel stands as one of the defining works of late-twentieth-century science fiction, a testament to Crichton's unmatched ability to make the impossible feel terrifyingly real. What the sphere truly is, and what it ultimately reveals about its discoverers, will haunt the reader long after the final page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161011921115,"sku":"2026200014150-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/08d34000-335b-4f0e-af39-b498549dfdeb.png?v=1787188973","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014150-secondhand-sphere","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}