The Andromeda Strain (1969), by Michael Crichton, is a techno-thriller novel documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating a deadly extraterrestrial (extraterrestrial life) microorganism that rapidly and fatally clots human blood, while in other people inducing insanity, mostly ended in suicide or murder-suicide. The Andromeda Strain appeared in the New York Times? Bestseller list, establishing Michael Crichton as a genre writer.
Author: Michael Crichton
Language: English (English language)
Genre: Techno-thriller
Publisher: Knopf (Alfred A. Knopf)
Release Date: May 12, 1969
Media Type: Hardcover
Pages: 350
Isbn: 0394415256
Oclc: 12231
Followed By: The Terminal Man
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