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Congo

1980 | Fiction & Poetry

Congo



Published by Avon

Edition Unknown
ISBN 9780060541835
Language English
Edition Paperback
ISBN 9782266068383
Language English

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Congo Reviews & Ratings (12)
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David McK (3547 KP) rated

Jan 28, 2019  
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Congo
Michael Crichton | 1980 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.1 (12 Ratings)
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Yet another of [author:Michael Crichton|5194]'s science-thriller turned-into-a-movie novel, in which the movie bears only the slightest resemblance to the source material.

While the basic outline of the plot is the same in both - discovery of the lost city of Zinj in the Congo, expedition to said city that includes a Gorilla taught American Sign Langauge - the particulars of both are different, with the movie (form what I remember - it's been a decade or so since I last saw it) making far more of the exploration of Zinj and the fact that it is guarded by a new breed of vicious gorillas specially bred for the purpose by the original inhabitants than the novel does.

The characters in the novel are also less sympathetic than those in the movie - it's hard to take Tim Curry seriously as a hardened mercenary - while it has, also, aged somewhat due to the reliance on (then) state of the art electronics explained therein - a computer has a whole 256k of memory! Wow!!
  
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Stephen (188 KP) rated

Sep 6, 2018  
Congo
Congo
Michael Crichton | 1980 | Fiction & Poetry
10
7.1 (12 Ratings)
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Read the book don't see the movie
One of Crichton's best. It will be hard to put down once you start reading it. Too bad the people who made the movie never read it.