Аннотация
Michael Crichton
Sphere
For Lynn Nesbit
When a scientist views things, he’s not considering the incredible at all.
–LOUIS I. KAHN
You can’t fool nature.
–RICHARD FEYNMAN
During the preparation of this manuscript, I received help and encouragement from Caroline Conley, Kurt Villadsen, Lisa Plonsker, Valery Pine, Anne-Marie Martin, John Deubert, Lynn Nesbit, and Bob Gottlieb. I am grateful to them all.
THE SURFACE
WEST OF TONGA
For a long time the horizon had been a monotonous flat blue line separating the Pacific Ocean from the sky. The Navy helicopter raced forward, flying low, near the waves. Despite the noise and the thumping vibration of the blades, Norman Johnson fell asleep. He was tired; he had been traveling on various military aircraft for more than fourteen hours. It was not the kind of thing a fifty-three-year-old professor of psychology was used to.
He had no idea how long he slept. When he awoke, he saw th...
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