Back The Andromeda Strain Afrikaans Andromeda ştamı (roman) Azerbaijani Andromeda (Roman) German La amenaza de Andrómeda (novela) Spanish La Variété Andromède French זרע אנדרומדה HE Andromeda (romanzo) Italian アンドロメダ病原体 Japanese Andromedas celms Latvian/Lettish „Andromeda” znaczy śmierć Polish
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| Author | Michael Crichton |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Techno-thriller, science fiction |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | May 12, 1969 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 350 |
| ISBN | 0-394-41525-6 |
| OCLC | 12231 |
| Followed by | The Terminal Man |
The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It documents the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in Arizona and the team of scientists investigating it. The book is framed as a report from a secret government project, which the scientists are part of, and includes text-based computer imagery illustrating the results of various tests on the organism.
The Andromeda Strain appeared in the New York Times Best Seller list, establishing Michael Crichton as a genre writer, and as an early example of the techno-thriller genre.