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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The novel that redefined the science fiction genre, starring a team of scientists who must uncover what killed the citizens of a sleepy desert town--and stop the deadly contagion before it creates a catastrophe. I love anything Michael Crichton writes.--Stephen King A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant. The United States government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Four of the nation's most elite biophysicists are summoned to a clandestine underground laboratory located five stories beneath the desert and fitted with an automated atomic self-destruction mechanism for cases of irremediable contamination. Under conditions of total news blackout and the utmost urgency, the scientists race to understand and contain the crisis. But the Andromeda Strain proves different from anything they've ever seen--and what they don't know could not only hurt them, but lead to unprecedented worldwide catastrophe.
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- SprogEngelsk
- Sidetal304
- Udgivelsesdato24-01-2017
- ISBN139781101974490
- Forlag Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- FormatPaperback
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Anonym 08/09/2013
What if an unknown bacterium from outer space one day were brought down to earth by a meteorite or ... a crashed military satellite? This is the hypothetical situation, The Andromeda Strain are built around. It is an old book from 1969, which of cause is characterized by the language which is a little old-fashioned, and the advanced techniques described in the book, is long overdue. The plot is nevertheless interesting, because the subject still has some scientific interest today. Ask yourself: What if a similar event one day actually took place? The Andromeda Strain describes a sudden and deadly outbreak of an unknown disease in a small town in Arizona. The only survivor is an old man with stomach ulcers and an infant. We are following a small group of scientists who are fighting to identify this microscopic killing machine, and at the same time they are fighting for the two surviving inhabitants and - as time goes on - their own survival. Michael Crichton's writing style is a bit too technical and you'll sense that he sometimes disappears completely into his own world in excitement of science, technology and skills. Unfortunately, this means that although this could have been a really exciting story, it almost ends up being an academic treatise. One big mistake from the author I have to mention is, that he repeatedly describes errors committed by scientists and at the same time explains that the error will be discovered several days later. In this way, all the excitements are pulled out of the story, because the reader knows in advance that the fault will be detected and corrected later on. So in short terms: The plot is fine. The story is great. But it all slips out of the hands of the author. Instead of a unique thriller, this book ends up being a mediocre and somewhat boring story. The Storyteller - http://falcon-dove.blogspot.dk