Furthermore, since a previous ERTS trek to Zinj was decimated by gorilla-like creatures (according to videotape analysis), primate expert Peter Elliot is along and with him is adorable gorilla Amy-who understands English and is fluent in sign language. Because this expedition, led by Karen Ross of Earth Resources Technology Services (ERTS) in Houston, is the nth degree in hi-tech-portable computers, laser-beam navigation, satellite TV-hookup with Houston-and the juxtaposition of super-gadgetry with nature at its wildest is simply splendid. It's an expedition to darkest Africa, to the northeast corner of the Congo rain forest in Zaire, in search of a lost city (Zinj) full of diamonds and danger. Entertainer-educator Crichton, that clever devil, has done it again-by dressing up one of the oldest book/movie scenarios around with enough capsulized science, history, and geography to keep readers happily on their toes.
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