A cautionary techno-thriller about nanotech gone wrong as scientists face a deadly, evolving swarm in the desert.
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A cautionary techno-thriller about nanotech gone wrong as scientists face a deadly, evolving swarm in the desert.
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Prey is a novel by Michael Crichton, his thirteenth under his own name and twenty-third overall, first published in November 2002, making his first novel of the twenty-first century. The novel serves as a cautionary tale about developments in science and technology; in this case, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and distributed artificial intelligence.
The book features relatively new advances in the computing/scientific community, such as artificial life, emergence (and by extension, com...
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Sexual content
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Marital strain, suspected affairs, and some sexual situations
Violence & gore
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Nanobot kills with blood, corpses, and body-horror deaths
Profanity
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Occasional strong profanity, including F-words
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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Corporate greed and dangers of unregulated technology
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Marital betrayal and psychological control via infection
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