The Andromeda Strain (Paperback)

from cbradley

The classic Crichton novel combines the authors knowledge of the medical world with his perfect storytelling form. The Andromeda Strain is about a group of scientist that are attempting cure a virus brought back from the upper limits of the atmosphere, something humans have never encountered befo...

from HunyBadger

Loved this book when I read it the first time. I've subsequently read it at least 5 more times and still enjoy it. It is a well thought out page-turner which has a few twists that you don't see coming. References to medical terms make it seem plausible and the base story line is still legit even ...

from jimll

I've seen the film version of The Andromeda Strain many, many times, but only stumbled upon the book in a second hand book shop recently. The book is pretty close to the film - there's some differences in the members of the Wildfire team (no woman for example) but the basic storyline is pretty mu...

from whiteknight50

This was a re-read for me, I had been wanting to reread it for some time. I absolutely love this book. It is kind of cerebral, like flossing your brain. When you look at it very closely, its kind of hard to understand why it has the effect it does on me. It is totally scientific in nature, in fac...

from RobertDay

This book made a massive impact on me when I first read it at the age of twelve or thirteen. It hardly read like fiction, given Crichton's peppering of the book with facsimile documents, renderings of computer displays, and scientifically plausible dialogue (and, truth to tell, info-dumps). And f...