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The Andromeda Strain (Mass Market Paperback)

by Michael Crichton (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books; Reprint edition (Nov 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0060541814
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060541811
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 9.9 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 551,051 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Some biologists speculate that if we ever make contact with extraterrestrials, those life forms are likely to be--like most life on Earth--one-celled creatures or less, more comparable to bacteria than little green men. And even though such organisms would not likely be able to harm humans, the possibility exists that first contact might be our last.

That's the scientific supposition that Michael Crichton formulates and follows out to its conclusion in his excellent debut novel, TheAndromeda Strain. A Nobel-winning bacteriologist, Jeremy Stone, urges the president to approve an extraterrestrial decontamination facility, to sterilise returning astronauts, satellites and spacecraft that might carry such an "unknown biologic agent." The government agrees, almost too quickly, to build the top- secret Wildfire Lab in the desert of Nevada. Shortly thereafter, unbeknownst to Stone, the US Army initiates the "Scoop" satellite program, an attempt to actively collect space pathogens for use in biological warfare. When Scoop VII crashes a couple years later in the isolated Arizona town of Piedmont, they end up getting more than they asked for.

The Andromeda Strain follows Stone and rest of the scientific team mobilised to react to the Scoop crash, as they scramble to understand and contain a strange and deadly outbreak. Crichton's first book may well be his best, with an earnestness missing from his later, more calculated thrillers. --Paul Hughes, Amazon.com --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book !, 19 Mar 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: The Andromeda Strain (Paperback)
I bought this novel to read on the plane from Gatwick to Glasgow and read half of it in that time. I couldn't put it down, even while munching on soggy sandwiches and lukewarm coke. The book reads very well and manages to be fast paced and highly enjoyable.

I read it whole in about 3 or 4 hours and am going out now to get some more of Crichton's work.

Obviously the book is not classical literature so don't analysis it as such - it is a great idea (often copied) and well written to keep you turning the pages.

Read and enjoy.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, 1 Sep 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: The Andromeda Strain (Paperback)
I'm going to go against everyone else's opinion here and say I hated this book. It started well promising great things and indeed you truly do wonder if it was based on a real event. Then things just start to get silly. 5 top biologists working in a huge, secret facility in the Nevada desert to figure out how to stop the spread of an organism that had already wiped out the entire population of a town...they work for days analysing and trying out many different theories on the organism with limited success and in the end it was discovered the spread of the organism could be stopped by something a 15 year old studying his GCSE in science would have easily discovered. Without giving away what this is, it would have been the first thing I myself would have tried, mostly because it's the only thing I'd be able to do, but I would've thought it would've taken 5 top scientists with the specialist equipment they had a matter of minutes to discover. After that the story was wrapped up so abruptly at the end it seemed to me that Crichton was either working to a major deadline and was well behind schedule or he completely lost interest in the story altogether and just couldn't figure out how to end it. I've only read a few of his books but the others I have read were much better than this and I advise anyone looking for a good Crichton book to look at the rest of his collection.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Scary possibility, quite well written, 7 Jan 2001
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This review is from: The Andromeda Strain (Paperback)
This is an enjoyable book which is unfortunately let down by a poor ending. This book is a mock report of a supposedly real event where a rogue element is introduced into the earth's atmosphere which causes instantaneous death to many members of a town in America and the surrounding events. It is a bit of a page turner but not in the same class as Airframe or Timeline, as with all Michael Crichton books it is excellently researched and ultimately believable but there's no real twists as in other books by Crichton, in fact the ending is rather weak which I was very disappointed with - if this is going to be your first Crichton book then I'd advise you to read one(or all!) of either Jurassic Park, Congo, Airframe or Timeline (if you want a real page turner then I'd go with timeline but if you've already read these it's worth reading but you'll be slightly disappointed I think.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Sci-fi docu-drama
The Scoop VII satellite scoops up something nasty and lands in a small town in Nevada. As the whole town die apart from a new-born and the town drunk, the search is on for the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Officer Dibble

5.0 out of 5 stars perfectly conceived
I found this book to be a perfectly conceived techno-thriller/earth bound science fiction story. I have enjoyed some other Crichton, John Wyndham and Arthur C Clarke stuff and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr Gibbs

4.0 out of 5 stars Still like it
I will be brief, as I cannot compare it to most of Crichtons work, just "Timeline", but later on that. Read more
Published 16 months ago by 1972, male, civil servant, mar...

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I have only recenty begun reading Michael Crichton (Next, Prey, Airframe) and have really enjoyed his work. Read more
Published on 25 Jul 2007 by oohmercyme

1.0 out of 5 stars Oh My God
What a let down. Supposedly his best book, but it's ending is such a disappointment. I was actually really getting into the story and then it just finishes. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic strain of fiction
Could not put this excellent book down a pure joy to read, has you engaged from start to finish. Dr. hall the true hero in this book bringing forward the odd man theory. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2002 by Mr. J. P. J. Stobbart

2.0 out of 5 stars My first Michael Crichton book....very good concept, but...
A very good idea for a book about an extra-terrestrial virus being carried back to Earth. The book concentrates on the work of scientists trying to find a cure for the devestating... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2001 by jaguar00

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book, created by a wonderful imagination
Although this book was written back in the 70's, it is so full of imagination and creativity and ideas, that it cound have been written now. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
The Andromeda Strain was the first Michael Crichton book that I read, having seen the film prior to reading it. He has since become my favourite author. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2000 by A. Gulliver

4.0 out of 5 stars A great book that you can't put down
Once you start this book you will not be able to stop - guaranteed. It is a fantastic read with a great storyline that was ahead of its time. Read more
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