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    Rising Sun: A Novel
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    Rising Sun: A Novel
    Audiobook11 hours

    Rising Sun: A Novel

    Written by Michael Crichton

    Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests

    On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles-the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate-a grand opening celebration is in full swing.

    On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the corpse of a beautiful young woman is discovered.

    The investigation immediately becomes a headlong chase through a twisting maze of industrial intrigue, a no-holds-barred conflict in which control of a vital American technology is the fiercely coveted prize-and in which the Japanese saying "business is war" takes on a terrifying reality.

    Rising Sun was made into a film, starring Sean Connery.

    "As well built a thrill machine as a suspense novel can be." -The New York Times Book Review

    "A grand maze of plot twists… Crichton's gift for spinning a timely yarn is going to be enough, once again, to serve a current tenant of the bestseller list with an eviction notice." -New York Daily News

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2015
    ISBN9781501216855
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    Rising Sun: A Novel
    Author

    Michael Crichton

    Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Next and Dragon Teeth, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway, Looker, Coma and created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year. Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the Earth 2: Society comic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.

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    • 5/5
      great plot written hauntingly.
      Knows the Japanese well; we should take heed of his message to us.
    • 5/5
      Michael Crichton is a great storyteller. Great plot, very believable characters, and enough twists to keep it interesting without losing continuity
    • 5/5
      Insight into the Japanese culture & Business word & differences between Our societies!
    • 3/5
      Why would the lady provide so much information to some strangers and or cops about her neighbor before even knowing what’s going on. That’s called an information dump by the author. Wasn’t a realistic interaction. Really strange how that neighbor was used to dump/reveal so much information to the reader from out of no where.

      They ended the conversation with “Ms young, you’ve been very helpful.”

      No crap
    • 5/5
      Amazing author, interesting book from the start. And well read.
    • 2/5
      There are too many stopping points with missing information during this audiobook
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed it. It certainly made me think. The story itself was extremely well thought out and showed different aspects of Japanese thoughts and behaviour. I was left guessing till the end and was impressed at the complexity and the little nuances of the story.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Crichton is my favourite novelist but sometimes he can be cringey, and he often is in this book. A good story for sure, but after a while it feels extremely alarmist, and soaked in conservative ideologies. I have a thing where I can’t leave a novel finish unfinished, especially if I get into the story, but man, this was tough for a bit. In the end, I liked the story, but it did get cringey.
    • 4/5
      I wonder which country would replace Japan if m. crichton has to write the same story now..

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very meticulous story. I loved that it was well written and explained the Japanese way of business. Very interesting.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A must read in today's political climate. It will help understand the greed of American politicans and how easily our country can be portioned off.

      2 people found this helpful