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The Andromeda Strain

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ISBN13: 9780345378484
ISBN10: 0345378482
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"Relentlessly suspenseful...A hair-raising experience."
THE PITTSBURGH PRESS
The United States government stands warned that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. When a probe satellite falls to the earth two years later, and lands in a desolate area of northeastern Arizona, the bodies that lie heaped and flung across the ground, have faces locked in frozen surprise. The terror has begun....

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-272).

About the Author

Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1942. He was educated at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.

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Katie Walker, January 3, 2011 (view all comments by Katie Walker)
The Andromeda Strain is old school Sci Fi. Well written and gripping, the story holds up 40 years later. The only problem with the books is the ending. It was completely unsatisfying ending for such a good book.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345378484
Author:
Crichton, Michael
Publisher:
Random House
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Arizona
Subject:
Medical
Subject:
Suspense
Subject:
Biophysics
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Series Volume:
58
Publication Date:
c1969
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbou
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
272 p.
Dimensions:
6.85x4.20x.92 in. .35 lbs.

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