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The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton
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Description for The Andromeda Strain
Paperback. A space probe, designed to collect organisms and dust for study, falls to earth in a desolate area of north-eastern Arizona. In a nearby town, bodies lie flung about, faces frozen in surprise. The terror has begun. This bestseller is by the author of "Jurassic Park". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 19. Weight in Grams: 166.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099319511
SKU
V9780099319511
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99-99
About Michael Crichton
Born in Chicago in 1942, Michael Crichton first trained as a doctor before going on to become one of the most successful writers in the world. In 1994 he achieved a feat unmatched by any other writer: by having simultaneously a number one TV series, book and movie with, respectively, ER (which he created), Disclosure and Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, ... Read more
Reviews for The Andromeda Strain
He had me convinced it was all really happening
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
New York Times
Science fiction, which once frightened me because it seemed so far-out, now frightens me because it seems so near. The Andromeda Strain is as matter-of-fact as the skull-and-crossbones instructions on a bottle of poison - and just as chillingly effective
Life
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Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
New York Times
Science fiction, which once frightened me because it seemed so far-out, now frightens me because it seems so near. The Andromeda Strain is as matter-of-fact as the skull-and-crossbones instructions on a bottle of poison - and just as chillingly effective
Life
... Read more