I'm rather partial to the opening line of Michael Crighton's Congo: Only prejudice, and a trick of the Mercator projection, prevents us from recognizing the en

I'm rather partial to the opening line of Michael Crighton's Congo: Only prejudice, and a trick of the Mercator projection, prevents us from recognizing the enormity of the African continent. Then it launches into a modern high-tech version of Heart of Darkness.