Title: Novels (Congo / Eaters of the Dead / Sphere)
Description: Contains three of Crichton's previously published novels: [Congo][1], set deep in the jungle near the legendary ruins of a lost city; [Sphere][2], set a thousand feet below the surface of the South Pacific, and [Eaters of the Dead][3] set in Bagdad in 922 A.D. All three novels transform fears of the unknown into moments of believable adventure and unbelievable suspense.


  [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46913W
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46917W/Sphere
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46907W
Subjects: adaptations, fiction, vikings, historical fiction, fantasy fiction, Northmen, Beowulf Adaptations, Beowolf, Dragons, English epic poetry adaptations, Heroes, Monsters, Beowulf, Fiction in English, space ships, space vehicles, squid, psychology, giant squid, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, explosives, diving chambers, claustrophobia, psychologists, mathematicians, zoologists, astrophysicists, marine biologists, United States Navy, deep sea habitats, time travel, Life on other planets, Open Library Staff Picks, Juvenile fiction, Scientists, Science fiction, kakundakari, type IIb, diamonds, thrillers, adventure fiction, adventure stories, Archaeology, Gorillas, Ancient Civilization, American Science fiction, Horror stories, American Adventure stories, Three-decker novels, Action and adventure fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Mystery fiction, Detective fiction, human-alien encounters, gorilla, treasure hunts, fantastic fiction
Places: Northland, Scandinavia, Bagdad, Volga Bulgars, Pacific Ocean, DH-8 Habitat, Congo, South Pacific Ocean, Zinj, San Francisco, Houston, Tangier, Nairobi, Virunga region, Japan, Germany, Holland
People: Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, Al-Muqtadir, Aḥmad Ibn Faḍlān, Karen Ross, Peter Elliot, Amy, Charles Munro, Jerry, Norman Johnson, Harold Adams, Elizabeth Halpern, Theodore Fielding, Arthur Levine, Harold C. Barnes, Alice Fletcher, Tina Chan, Rose Levy, Jane Edmunds
Time periods: 922, Middle Ages, 1642, 1979, 10th century