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Binary

By: Michael Crichton, John Lange
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Political radical John Wright is plotting an act of mass destruction - and federal agent John Graves has him under surveillance, trying to figure out what the plot is.

When a government computer is hacked and a high-security shipment of nerve gas gets hijacked, Graves puts the pieces together - but can he stop Wright from unleashing his weapon before it kills a million people...including the President of the United States?

©1972 John Lange; Copyright renewed 2000 by CrichtonSun LLC. “John Lange” and “Binary” are trademarks of CrichtonSun LLC, used under license. (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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Not Bad, Not Great

Listen to this book if you just can’t get enough of Michael Crichton! Otherwise don’t bother. Mildly interesting technical thriller with not-very interesting characters. Be sure not to buy it for the cover art because it has no relation to the story.

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One of Crichton's better early works, but again s

I've been reading many of Crichton's early works. This one is better than some. This one is very dated politically and doesn't have a significant feminine character. While it suffers from some gaps in believability, it was an enjoyable listen.

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A Thrilling Read

Loved the read as a source of Chrichton I hadn't heard yet. The voice, style and pace are too indicative of Chrichtons best to be slowed down by the dated subject or the overall pulp depth. Definitely a fun one for a day's read (or listen).

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Very good early effort.

Michael Crichton has improved greatly over the years this was a very good early effort. I have enjoyed reading all of his books.

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I can see why it's under a different name!

I'm sorry, but this story is just flat-out DULL! The most exciting part is the random naked woman plastered on the "cover". (Spoiler alert-- the only female character in this story is a fully-clothed girlfriend who gets all of 2 lines in a police interview.) If you like Crichton, then stick with the actual Crichton books.

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a starter book

this was a very basic terrorist tries to kill the world sort of book. it probably was original 40 years ago, but no longer.

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Is This It?

Compared to other Michael Crichton stories, whether he was writing as Lange or not, this one could have been better.

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It’s alright - but a lot to spend for a four hour so so book

It’s not a bad story but not a great one either. In my opinion, books like these should be part of the “included” portion of the subscription.

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Good early Crichton

This is a decent Crichton thriller. It’s got a fast pace, increasing tension and reasonably good characters. The “evil genius” villain is a bit overdone, and some of the story requires significant suspension of disbelief. But overall it works even if you can guess some of it

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Suspenseful Read

Thoroughly enjoyed! Held my interest and I was on edge of my seat! Thank you

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