The Andromeda Strain

Audio Book

Michael Crichton, David Morse

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English

Bolinda/Brilliance Audio
01 November 2015

Fiction & Literature; Science fiction

Brilliantly filmed by Robert Wise in 1971, The Andromeda Strain was the first book to introduce Michael Crichton's audacious combination of believable plots and white-knuckled excitement to a wide audience.

The United States government is given a warning by the preeminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilisation procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to collect organisms and dust for study.

One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona. Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks. The terror has begun...

By: Michael Crichton
Read by: David Morse
Imprint: Bolinda/Brilliance Audio
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Unabridged
Dimensions: Height: 134mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 190g
ISBN: 9781511307284
ISBN 10: 1511307285
Publication Date: 01 November 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: CD-Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Andromeda Strain (Audio Book)

'He had me convinced it was all really happening.' -- The New York Times 'Terrifying ... One of the most important novels of the year.' -- Library Journal 'Science fiction, which once frightened me because it seemed so far-out, now frightens me because it seems so near. The Andromeda Strain is as matter-of-fact as the skull-and-crossbones instructions on a bottle of poison – and just as chillingly effective.' -- Life