- Hardcover: 45 pages
- Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (Jun 13 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0679875905
- ISBN-13: 978-0679875901
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 20.1 x 0.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 68 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (205 customer reviews)
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If you saw the 1995 film adaptation of this Crichton thriller, somebody owes you an apology. While you're waiting for that to happen, try reading the vastly more intelligent novel on which the movie was based. The broad lines of the plot remain the same: A research team deep in the jungle disappears after a mysterious and grisly gorilla attack. A subsequent team, including a sign-language-speaking simian named Amy, follows the original team's tracks only to be subjected to more mysterious and grisly gorilla attacks. If you can look past the breathless treatment of '80s technology, like voice-recognition software and 256K RAM modules (the book was written in 1980), you'll find the same smart use of science and edge-of-your-seat suspense shared by Crichton's other work. --Paul Hughes
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Scheduled for Memorial Day release, Congo, the latest adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel into film, promises to be one of the biggest movies of 1995. This action-packed, jungle adventure recounts the story of Amy, a gorilla who can speak English with the help a virtual reality glove. Full color throughout.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
IN DEEPEST AFRICA LIES A MYSTERY WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED...,
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This review is from: Congo (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a well-written, action-packed adventure novel that keeps the reader turning the pages. Imaginative and entertaining, this novel takes the reader to the Congo, where the ruins of the ancient lost city of Zinj are said to exist.When the camp of a small research expedition near the site of the ruins is destroyed by unknown forces in a matter of minutes with no survivors, a transmission of the ravaged site manages to makes its way back to the expedition's home base in Houston. The viewers, though stunned by the destruction, decide that the show must go on and another expedition is dispatched to the site on a mission of vast importance. This time the expedition is accompanied by a primatologist and Amy, a special gorilla with an ability to sign and a penchant for finger painting. One of her drawing just happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to an ancient drawing of the lost city of Zinj. When the expedition arrives, they will soon discover the meaning of this, much to their detriment. This is a marvelously written thriller, dense with detail and interesting characters, as well as a pervasive sense of dread as the expedition arrives at its ill-fated destination. The author does not fail to deliver an exciting reading experience that will keep the reader riveted.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Peter loves Amy (so does everybody else),
This review is from: Congo (Mass Market Paperback)
Who in the world but Michael Crichton would write a book about talking gorillas, with 65 references in the back for further reading? "Congo" is a lightning-fast-paced techno-adventure story about an expedition to the lost city of Zinj, deep in the darkest heart of Africa. Two rival teams are racing to be first on the site, where lies a fabulous treasure of boron diamonds that are going to change the world as we know it. One team is made up of a greedy conglomerate (Germans and Japanese, wouldn't you know); the other is headed by a brilliant but cold-blooded young scientist named Karen Ross who is accompanied by an eccentric adventurer, a primatologist named Peter Elliot, and Peter's laboratory subject, a mountain gorilla named Amy. Amy has been the cause of concern among animal rights activists who feel she is being mistreated (actually, many humans don't have it as good as Amy), so Peter wants to get her out of the country and back to her natural habitat. The race to get to the diamonds first involves encounters with rampaging hippos, a murderous tribe of cannibals, and sneaky doings by the rival team who briefly drug and kidnap Amy. But what they find once they reach the site is not only diamonds, but something so unimagined and terrifying that it doesn't even have a name. Suffice to say, it's able to create all kinds of mayhem before the book reaches its climax.Like all his other books, "Congo" suffers from one-dimensional characters, and Crichton has an infuriating habit of referring to females in their twenties as "girls" (would he call a 24 year old male a "boy"?). But in Amy, Crichton has come up with a winner. Amy is more of a personality than any human in the book. She's bright (she has a vocabulary of 600 signs and can say whatever she wants to), she's funny, she's very much a lady (she loves lipstick and she's choosy about the colors of the sweaters she wears); she has a temperamental side (she sulks and pouts when things don't go her way), she loves Peter and she's insanely jealous of his lady friends. The action and adventure zip right along, but Amy is what makes this book such a fun read.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Frankly, the ending stinks.,
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This review is from: Congo (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read 2 of Michael Crichton's novels, "Congo" and "Sphere".Michael Critchton is a wonderful author. It is obvious that he has a brilliant and creative mind. He has a strong grasp of scientific fact and potential which he uses to devise incredibly intricate tales that keep you reading. However, he doesn't seem to know how to end a book to save his life. In "Congo", he lays out a key premise that is captivating and thought-provoking. It exists thematically throughout subplots and exposition and character development so imagine my dismay when this fundamental premise is disposed of in a single paragraph through a convenient twist of fate. When I came to that paragraph, I literally threw the book across the room and yelled in absolute disgust. I am convinced Mr. Critchton must have just received an advance from his publisher for a new book or got bored. Given his talent and skill, I can think of no other reason for this book's pathetically unsatisfying ending nor for the "You've got to be kidding!" ending of "Sphere".
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