“Prey” | teleportingweena

August Authors – Michael Crichton – Prey

For Bee’s Challenge

***

Bee says:

This month I challenge you to share one of your favourite authors every day. As an additional challenge also share a song that connects in some way with that author.

***

As I mostly do, I’m featuring a favorite book instead of author. To me, favorite author means I get all their books and wish for more. If I like one book by an author, that doesn’t make them a favorite author, though the book might be.

***

I’ve read several of Michael Crichton’s novels, and I liked them very much. One of the first was , “The Andromeda Strain”, which was later made into a movie. Later on I read, “Jurassic Park”, and it was really good. I kept thinking this would make a great movie, and later on it was. We went to see it and was not disappointed. One of the last ones I read was, “Prey”, and it was really good, too. I’ve read it a few times since then.

Here is the author’s biography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton

I figure most everyone knows about Jurassic Park the book, and the movie. Very good, both of them. Also he wrote the screenplay for the movie, “Twister”. also a very good movie I’ve seen many times.

Here’s another that is right up there with and exciting tale, too. Then, some of my thoughts about it.

Prey brings together themes from two earlier Crichton best-selling novels, Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain and serves as a cautionary tale about developments in science and technology, in particular, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and distributed artificial intelligence.

***

This one I got at a book sale, probably, a long time ago. I hadn’t read it before, and I guess it just hit the right mood at the right time.

So, you can enlarge the photo to see the back cover synopsis, if you want.

***

The main character husband has been without a job for awhile, so stays home to care for the children. His wife has a high powered job, and is doing good, But…she starts acting very weird…like nice to everyone one minute, then cross and snappy with her family the next minute.

The baby gets sick.

There’s a super secret scientific lab out in the Nevada desert (the wife works there).

The lab is manufacturing tiny robot cameras. Some of them escape. They are coming after humans! We are the prey!

***

And I found this little song that goes just right with this book. I’d never heard it before just now! haha

“Nanobots”, by They Might Be Giants

***

Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

Book Stuff

***

2002 Michael Crichton – Prey

***

Here’s the book I’m currently reading. I’m about half way through, and it’s really good.

***

I’d been in a sort of a doldrums with finding something to read lately. I kept reading parts of old books I’ve read several times, and yeah, they were good, but after so many times, I just couldn’t finish any of them again. I really don’t like to be without something to read that keeps me interested for awhile, and want to read more every chance I get.

I have tons of books, old ones, and even new ones. The thing is, sometimes I’m in a mood for something, but don’t really know what it is …until I run across some book that will hook me for a few days.

This one I got at a book sale, probably, a long time ago. I hadn’t read it before, and I guess it just hit the right mood at the right time.

So, you can enlarge the photo to see the back cover synopsis, if you want.

Here’s what I’ve figured out so far.

The baby gets sick.

There’s a super secret scientific lab out in the Nevada desert (the wife works there).

The lab is manufacturing tiny robot cameras. Some of them escape.

That’s as far as I’ve gotten. So…I have to keep reading to find out what happens next.

***

So, how do you go about finding something new to read? Like me, do you stand in front of your bookshelves, picking up one after another, reading a few words, then going nope, nope, nope, okay I’ll try this one…nope…Hey, this one sounds pretty good. Start reading it, and it turns out that you picked a good one after all! 🙂

***

Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️