The Andromeda strain

Description:

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. ---------- This work also contained in: - [The Andromeda Strain / Terminal Man](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46874W) - [The Great Train Robbery / The Andromeda Strain](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24159635W) - [Rising Sun / The Andromeda Strain / Binary](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23658811W)

subjects: American Science fiction,  Fiction,  Fiction in English,  Alien life forms in fiction,  Biological weapons,  Science fiction,  Extraterrestrial microorganisms,  Military satellites,  aerial surveillance,  duty officers,  extraterrestrial life,  contamination,  microorganisms,  biological agents,  blood clotting,  suicide,  Sterno,  meteors,  chemical elements,  crystal structures,  DNA,  RNA,  proteins,  amino acids,  pH,  alkali,  human blood,  acidocis,  aspirin,  hyperventilation,  Alkalosis,  biocontainment,  antibiotics,  pathogens,  synthetic rubber,  nuclear weapons,  nuclear explosions,  biofilm,  techno-thriller,  Fiction, science fiction, general,  Fiction, medical,  Large type books,  Romans, nouvelles,  PZ4 C928 1969

People: Wildfire Team,  Jeremy Stone,  Peter Jackson,  Jamie Ritter,  Mark Hall,  Charle Burton,  Peter Leavitt

Places: Piedmont,  Arizona,  Flatrock,  Nevada,  Las Vegas,  Department of Agriculture research station

Times: 1960s