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Prey

In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticals - microrobots - has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. It is alive.

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  • "Abridgment approved by the author."
  • "In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticals - microrobots - has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. It is alive."@en
  • "In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence."@en
  • "Deep in the Nevada desert, surrounded by nothing but cactus and coyotes, a swarm of molecules -- self-replicating, fast-evolving, and very predatory -- threatens life itself."
  • "Deep in the Nevada desert, surrounded by nothing but cactus and coyotes, a swarm of molecules--self-replicating, fast-evolving, and very predatory--threatens life itself."@en
  • "Deep in the Nevada desert, surrounded by nothing but cactus and coyotes, a swarm of molecules -- self-replicating, fast-evolving, and very predatory -- threatens life itself."@en
  • ""In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles--micro-robots--has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey."--Author's web site."@en
  • "In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles, micro-robots, has escaped from the laboratory. The cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour."
  • "In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles - microrobots - has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey ... Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, [this novel] takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence - in a story of breathtaking suspense.-Dust jacket."
  • "A cloud of microrobots escapes from a Nevada laboratory, and every attempt to stop the artificial intelligence that preys upon humans fails."
  • "An experiment goes horribly wrong when a cloud of micro-robots escapes, a "being" that is self-sustaining, self-reproducing, intelligent, and programmed as a predator."
  • "Prey tells the story of a laboratory experiment gone wrong when a mechanical plague becomes deadly and scientists are working desperately to stop it.--"@en
  • "Deep in the remote Nevada desert, eight people are trapped inside of the Xymos Corporation by a rapidly evolving swarm of predatory molecules that have massed together to form a powerful and intelligent organism that is targeting its creators."
  • "Jacks wife Julia, works for Xymos Technology, her team has created artificial organisms that can group together to perform complex tasks. Jack suspects that she is hiding something. When he gets a call from Xymos, suddenly he is on his way to its remote desert laboratory, where the microcreations are out of control."@en
  • "While a consultant at a firm developing nanotechnology Jack uncovers an experiment that has gone wrong. Escaped swarms of tiny robots are on a killing frenzy. Stong language and descriptions of violence."
  • "While a consultant at a firm developing nanotechnology Jack uncovers an experiment that has gone wrong. Escaped swarms of tiny robots are on a killing frenzy. Stong language and descriptions of violence."@en
  • "A cloud of nanoparticles - all programmed to become predators - has escaped from a laboratory in Nevada."@en
  • "In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles, micro-robots, has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey. As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence-in a story of breathtaking suspense. Prey is a novel you can't put down. Because time is running out."@en
  • "Unemployed computer programmer Jack Forman stays home with the children while, Julia works at a firm developing "Molecular manufacturing," or nanotechnology. Hired as a consultant, Jack discovers that an experiment has gone horribly astray and that escaped swarms of tiny robots are feeding off flesh."
  • "aJack, a computer programmer, is an at-home dad while his wife Julia, works long hours for Xymos Technology. Her team has created cell-sized artificial organisms that can group together to perform complex tasks. But as Julia grows irritable and distant, Jack becomes suspicious that she is hiding something. When Jack gets a call from Xymos, suddenly he is on his way to its remote desert laboratory, where the microcreations are out of control."
  • "A cloud of nanoparticles programmed as a predator and capable of self-reproduction escapes from a Nevada laboratory and makes the human population its target."
  • "In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles - micro-robots - has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey. As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence-in a story of breathtaking suspense. Prey is a novel you can't put down. Because time is running out."@en

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  • "Talking books"@en
  • "Science fiction, American"@en
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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
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  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Science fiction"@en
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  • "Prey Read by Robert Sean Leonard"@en
  • "Prey [Book on cassettes]"@en
  • "Prey novel"@en
  • "Prey novel"
  • "Prey a novel"

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