Hardcover, 367 pages

English language

Published Aug. 25, 2002 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-00-715379-4
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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. --front flap

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[EN] [ES] Review. Prey

[EN] Prey is a futuristic book, which tells us about a quasi-post-apocalytic world where artificial intelligence and machines have advanced to incredible levels and manage to self-reproduce and sustain themselves. Wonderful read if you like topics of Artificial Intelligence, futuristic novel, dystopia, RepRap and light novel. [ES] Prey es un libro futurista, que nos habla de un mundo cuasi-post-apocalíptico donde la inteligencia artificial y las máquinas han avanzado a niveles increíbles y logran auto-reproducirse y sostenerse. Maravillosa lectura si te gustan los temas de Inteligencia Artificial, novela futurista, distopía, RepRap y novela ligera.

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Subjects

  • Nanotechnology -- Fiction
  • Artificial intelligence -- Fiction
  • Molecular biologists -- Fiction
  • Artificial life -- Fiction
  • Nevada -- Fiction
  • Science fiction