The Andromeda Strain

Name: The Andromeda Strain
Author: Michael Crichton
ISBN: 9788440661869

by Michael Crichton

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The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It documents the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in Arizona and the team of scientists investigating it. The book is presented as a report from a secret government project involving scientists, and features text-based computer imagery that illustrates the results of various tests on the organism.

First published 1969 295 pages

Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work (1971)

Category: Science Fiction
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 3
Editions known: 67

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DDC 813.54 LCC PS-3553.00000000.R48 A8318 2015eb Alien life forms in fictionAlkalosisAmerican Science fictionBiological weaponsDNAExtraterrestrial microorganismsFictionFiction in English

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