MixedI felt like it has a good premise kryon always kind of thrusts you into an interesting situation... the characters here are all a little bit flat... I think he squeezed enough juice out of the premise that I still enjoy this one
The Andromeda Strain (1969)
Others: Mixed 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.
- ISBN:
- 9781101974490
- Length:
- 294 pages
Genres: science fiction, thriller
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