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The Andromeda Strain

Michael Crichton · 1969 · Novel

Setting: contemporary (1960s)

Series: The Andromeda Strain — #1

Synopsis

The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It is written as a report documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in New Mexico. The Andromeda Strain appeared in the New York Times Best Seller list, establishing Michael Crichton as a genre writer. ---------- This work also contained in: - [The Andromeda Strain / Terminal Man](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46874W) - [The Great Train Robbery / The Andromeda Strain](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24159635W) - [Rising Sun / The Andromeda Strain / Binary](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23658811W)

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Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: American Science fictionFictionFiction in EnglishAlien life forms in fictionBiological weaponsScience fictionExtraterrestrial microorganismsMilitary satellitesaerial surveillanceduty officers

isfdb_id: 6349

openlibrary_id: OL46909W

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