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The Andromeda Strain

By: Michael Crichton
Narrated by: David Morse
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First published fifty years ago, The Andromeda Strain redefined the science fiction genre, and immediately established Michael Crichton as one of the brightest voices in contemporary literature worldwide.

"I love anything Michael Crichton writes." (Stephen King)

A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant.

The United States government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Four of the nation’s most elite biophysicists are summoned to a clandestine underground laboratory located five stories beneath the desert and fitted with an automated atomic self-destruction mechanism for cases of irremediable contamination. Under conditions of total news blackout and the utmost urgency, the scientists race to understand and contain the crisis. But the Andromeda Strain proves different from anything they’ve ever seen - and what they don’t know could not only hurt them, but lead to unprecedented worldwide catastrophe.

©1969 Constant c Productions, Inc.; Copyright renewed 1996 by CrichtonSun LLC (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Fantasy Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense
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The Andromeda Strain is a great book. very well structuered with scientific detail. The narration on this audiobook is first rate, one of the best I've heard, both in performance and audio quality. Even the chapter metadata is correct for once!

excellent narration

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fell in love with the film and the book as a kid and still enjoyed it

excellent

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A good yarn, but the book is really showing it's age. It is however, like a lot of Crichton's books, food for thought about how finely balanced things are...

A good story - but it's showing it's age

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My first audio book experience. Loved it. Way faster to go through the story and complete than reading.

As far the story is concerned, it is brilliant as expected from Crichton. However, I expected a little more drama/action or some sinister twist in the ending, which I think got extended to the next part of the series.

First Audio Book Experience. Loved it.

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The Andromeda Station is quite a fast paced book even though the story progresses quite slowly. The narrator does a fantastic job, I enjoyed this audiobook much more than the film.

Great Story, Superb Narrator

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