The Andromeda Strain
Readers rate it 3.7 (860 on Hardcover)
368 pages · Released Oct 28, 2003 · Avon
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The Andromeda Strain is a cerebral science-fiction thriller that focuses on scientific investigation rather than action, making it more intellectual than visceral. While the premise involves a deadly microorganism and some deaths occur off-page, the narrative emphasizes problem-solving and teamwork over graphic violence. The novel contains occasional mild profanity and references to suicide, but these are not gratuitous; the real content concern is sustained tension and mature scientific/military themes that work best for older teens.
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The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It is written as a report documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in New Mexico. The Andromeda Strain ap... The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It is written as a report documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in New Mexico. The Andromeda Strain appeared in the New York Times Best Seller list, establishing Michael Crichton as a genre writer. ---------- This work also contained in: - The Andromeda Strain / Terminal Man - The Great Train Robbery / The Andromeda Strain - Rising Sun / The Andromeda Strain / Binary
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- American Science fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction in English
- Alien life forms in fiction
- Biological weapons
- Science fiction
- Extraterrestrial microorganisms
- Military satellites
- aerial surveillance
- duty officers
- extraterrestrial life
- contamination
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