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An edition of The Andromeda Strain
(1969)
The Andromeda Strain
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by Michael Crichton
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This book recounts the five-day history of a major American scientific crisis. Like most crises, the events surrounding the Andromeda Strain were a compound of foresight and foolishness, innocence and ignorance. Nearly everyone involved had moments of great brilliance, and moments of unaccountable stupidity...
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American Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction in English, Alien life forms in fiction, Biological weapons, Science fiction, Extraterrestrial microorganisms, Military satellites, aerial surveillance, duty officers, extraterrestrial life, contamination, microorganisms, biological agents, blood clotting, suicide, Sterno, meteors, chemical elements, crystal structures, DNA, RNA, proteins, amino acids, pH, alkali, human blood, acidocis, aspirin, hyperventilation, Alkalosis, biocontainment, antibiotics, pathogens, synthetic rubber, nuclear weapons, nuclear explosions, biofilm, techno-thriller, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, medical, Large type books, Romans, nouvellesPeople
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The Andromeda Strain
2017-01, Vintage Books
Paperback
in English
- First Vintage Books Edition (9)
1101974494 9781101974490
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The Andromeda Strain
2003-11, Avon Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 1st Avon Books paperback printing (1)
0060541814 9780060541811
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The Andromeda Strain
1994?, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 1st Ballantine Books edition (29)
0345378482 9780345378484
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The Andromeda Strain
1993-01, Turtleback
Library Binding
in English
- 1st Ballantine books edition (56)
0606141545 9780606141543
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The Andromeda Strain
1993-01, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 1st Ballantine Books edition (33)
0345378482 9780345378484
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The Andromeda Strain
1987-06, Dell
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 4th edition (2)
0440101999 9780440101994
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The Andromeda Strain
1971-04, Dell
mass market paperback
in English
- Tenth Dell printing; movie tie-in
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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.
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