The Andromeda Strain

Michael Crichton

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Arrow
06 October 1995

Science fiction; Fantasy

A terrifying science-fiction thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Jurassic Park.

NOW CELEBRATING ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY Read the spectacular techno-thriller that catapulted Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton to fame.

Five prominent biophysicists give the United States government an urgent warning- sterilisation procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, Project Scoop sends seventeen satellites into the fringes of space in order to 'collect organisms and dust for study'.

Then a probe falls to the earth, landing in a desolate area of northeastern Arizona. A little while later, in the nearby town of Piedmont, bodies are discovered heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. But the terror has only just begun, because when they try to find the cause of death, the scientists don't realise just what kind of unearthly danger they are dealing with...

Brilliantly filmed by Robert Wise in 1971, The Andromeda Strain was the first book to introduce Michael Crichton's audacious combination of believable plots and white-knuckled excitement to a wide audience.

By: Michael Crichton
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 165g
ISBN: 9780099319511
ISBN 10: 0099319519
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 06 October 1995
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Crichton was born in Chicago in 1942. His novels included The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Congo, Airframe, Jurassic Park and Disclosure. He was also the creator of the television series ER.

Reviews for The Andromeda Strain

A United States space probe erratically falls from orbit and lands near a small Arizona town mysteriously wiping out all life in the vicinity except for two diametrically different survivors. Scientists have to determine why a sixty-nine-year-old Sterno drinker with an ulcer is like a two-month old baby . . . among other things. This details the secret mobilization of efforts and the extraordinary precautions taken as the U.S. tries to discover what ominous extraterrestrial entity is causing the plague. . . as it slowly mushrooms. Four biomedical scientists are encapsulated with the deadly probe far underground in an amazingly intricate decontamination chamber. Obviously based on a pipeline of information to actual equipment and installations (to be annotated with diagrams, etc.), this is horryfyingly immediate and filled with fascinating detail such as the fumigation chamber where they burn the outer epidermis off the skin. Brought right down to earth by what has appeared recently in the news, an exciting demonstration of the possible impossible. (Kirkus Reviews)