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 Arizona. The Andromeda Strain appeared in the New York Times Best Seller list, establishing Michael Crichton as a genre writer.
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The plot and science is compelling 50+ years later. I found the ending unsatisfying: the organism evolved to be no threat to humans, on its own? Does that make all of their research pointless - the outcome for humanity would have been the same if Project Wildfire didn't exist? But I thoroughly enjoyed the book overall.
I think my copy was missing the plot!
Wieder so eine Welt ohne eine einzige Frau. Außerdem hat das Buch überhaupt keinen Schluss, und das, nachdem ich gerade die zuverlässige Durchgeplantheit der Crichton-Romane gelobt hatte, "nicht so wie bei Stephen King". Es endet einfach mittendrin mit einer noch nicht mal notdürftig angeklebten "und dann war alles wieder gut und das Problem gelöst"-Behauptung. Aber guter Anfang.
