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A review by zach1100
Sphere by Michael Crichton
3.0
I usually love Michael Crichton but this one was not my favorite. I enjoyed the “what ifs” postulated if humans ever encountered an alien species, but the fast pace didn’t allow for those considerations to breath; instead they were quickly discarded for the next action sequence.
“This special ability of imagination is what has made your species as great as it is. Nothing else. … Your greatness lies in imagination.
The ability to imagine is the largest part of what you call intelligence. You think the ability to imagine is merely a useful step on the way to solving a problem or making something happen. But imagining it is what makes it happen.
… You say you have inside you both the power of good and the power of evil, the angel and the devil, but in truth you have just one thing inside you- the ability to imagine.”
“This special ability of imagination is what has made your species as great as it is. Nothing else. … Your greatness lies in imagination.
The ability to imagine is the largest part of what you call intelligence. You think the ability to imagine is merely a useful step on the way to solving a problem or making something happen. But imagining it is what makes it happen.
… You say you have inside you both the power of good and the power of evil, the angel and the devil, but in truth you have just one thing inside you- the ability to imagine.”