Mr Bowditch

A detailed Summary of Mr Bowditch

Sphere is about a futuristic sphere that gives a group of scientists a special and unusual power- the power of being able to turn fantasy into reality. The group of scientists are kept in total wonder as to why they were being sent to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The scientists consisted of Norman Johnson, a psychologist; Beth Halpern, a zoologist and biochemist; Harry Adams, a mathematician; and Ted Fielding, an astrophysicist. Each scientist played an important role- Norman was to watch the team because no one had ever seen an alien and they didn't know how people would react. Beth was to assess any life form that the team might come across. Harry was there because math is the universal language and Ted was there to determine where in the universe the aliens came from.

The story begins as Norman is being transported in a Sea Knight. After Norman arrives at the site, he is directly escorted to his quarters until Captain Barnes came and retrieved him. On their way to the submersible, he explained to everyone in the group what was going on. He told them that there was a titanium fin found 1,000 feet under the ocean and that it is over 1/2 mi. long. He also informed them that the spacecraft had been in that loc

When they all arrived at the underwater habitat, they were sent to a compression chamber to bring them to the right pressure. The reason for the habitat is that it has the weight of air plus the weight of water pushing down on it. If the habitat had the same pressure as the surface, it would implode. After compression, the team was sent to their quarters for some rest before they set out to the spacecraft. When the crew was all rested and refreshed, they suited up into insulated suits and jumped into the water. They then proceeded to the airlock.

As most of the team was sleeping, Harry slipped on his suit and went to the sphere. As he was standing there, the sphere somehow took him inside itself. By the time that Norman reached him, he was unconscious. After they got him back to base, one of the crew members was outside doing some work when she was attacked by jellyfish and was killed because the animals had made miniscule holes which leaked extensively and she drowned. No one left the confines of the habitat because they were cut off from the ship up top- supposedly there was a severe storm and they missed their ride because of Harry's little stunt.

After they had been picked up and done with decompression (without it, the gases in their blood vessels would expand and literally pop them), they were talking when all of a sudden they realized what a tremendous gift they possessed. They had the power to think of something and it would come true, but they also realized that our day and age had too much hate and fear in it for this power. So they all vowed to forget the whole thing ever happened- to forget about the habitat, to forget about the squids, to forget about the jellyfish and the death and chaos- and to most certainly forget about the sphere. And as they mentioned all of these things, it clicked to them why there was no living crew- they had all gone into the sphere and were so paranoid of each other that they killed each other off until no one was left. And as they counted to three and vowed never to remember the sphere again

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Approximate Word count = 1395
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels