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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. At first, I loved 'The Andromeda Strain'. It was so neatly written, so scientific, so different to the usual airport bookshop thriller. Then, when I'd finished, I started to wonder if it really had been any good. The danger resolved itself in the worst deus ex machina kind of way, the climax was weak hollywood action, and all the hints about the scientists making crucial errors in judgment and method were wasted. What a shame! (  ) soylentgreen23 | Nov 16, 2009 |  The worst novel by Crichton I've read. Not surprisingly it's also one of his earliest. There are good elements here, seeds of Crichton's later skill. But it doesn't come together in the Andromeda Strain. There's no point, no real ending, and a bland story. (  ) SendersName | Nov 10, 2009 | Average. This wasn't too bad for one of his first novels. He could've done a lot worse. Interesting concept. ( ) Anagarika | Oct 30, 2009 | I loved it! People should give him more credit for his work! It is about this virus that kills within seconds and this team of scientists that are looking at it to find a way to stop it. It was REALLY good. (  ) 15dingmanj | Oct 5, 2009 | A satellite lands in a near deserted area of Arizona. A nearby town is filled with dead people. The Wildfire group must find out what killed everyone, but left two survivors. This science thriller is a great novel. Even though I am not a big fan of science, this book keeps you on your toes. (  ) aharey | Sep 16, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0345378482, Mass Market Paperback)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 or smaller creatures, 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, The Andromeda Strain. A Nobel-Prize-winning bacteriologist, Jeremy Stone, urges the president to approve an extraterrestrial decontamination facility to sterilize returning astronauts, satellites, and spacecraft that might carry 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 U.S. 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, the Army ends up getting more than it asked for. The Andromeda Strain follows Stone and rest of the scientific team mobilized 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; it has an earnestness that is missing from his later, more calculated thrillers. --Paul Hughes (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:15 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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