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 1969295 pages

Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work (1971)

813.54

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

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813.54[Fic]823.91
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3553.R48 A8318 2015ebPZ0004.C9178 An 1970PZ0004.C9178PS3553.R48 A83 1969

Subjects

Alien life forms in fictionAlkalosisAmerican Science fictionBiological weaponsDNAExtraterrestrial microorganismsFictionFiction in EnglishFiction, medicalFiction, science fiction, generalLarge type booksMilitary satellites

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ISBN 9788440661869English

DATE DUE

First published1969

Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work1971

Film adaptation1971

StatusREAD

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