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Author | Michael Crichton |
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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.