Title:
Andromeda Strain, The
Genre:
Science Fiction
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Series:
Novels 01
Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
1st
Narrative:
First Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
291
Number of Chapters:
30
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:11:32
Synopsis:
A Nobel-Prize-winning bacteriologist, Jeremy Stone, urges the president to approve a decontamination facility to sterilize returning astronauts, satellites & spacecraft that might carry unknown biologic agents. The government agrees, almost too quickly, to build the top-secret Wildfire Lab in the desert of Nevada. Shortly thereafter, unbeknownst to Stone, the 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 & rest of the scientific team mobilized to react to the Scoop crash as they scramble to understand & contain a deadly outbreak. Crichton’s 1st book written under his own name may be his best. It has an earnestness that is missing from his later, more calculated thrillers.
The Andromeda Strain follows Stone & rest of the scientific team mobilized to react to the Scoop crash as they scramble to understand & contain a deadly outbreak. Crichton’s 1st book written under his own name may be his best. It has an earnestness that is missing from his later, more calculated thrillers.
Author:
Crichton, Michael
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Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Country:
United States
Place of Printing:
New York
Publication Date:
1969-05-01
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Publisher Location:
New York
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:11:32
