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Summary: STUNNED
Review: The Andromeda Strain by Micheal Crichton is an intense book about several scientists racing to eliminate deadly bacteria, which came from outer space. In some ways I see it as a horror because of its direct applications to real life, its believability. It doesn¡¦t infer any blame on the government, like a lot of biological thrillers do. Yet it does surmise the possibility of underground facilities in which the equipment is tech enough to handle many kinds of biological disaster, or outbreaks. The premise of the book was good and the action sequences were nail biting. Although there was a lot of dated components, old computers, methods, etc., I feel it still ran miles ahead of its time, for a book that was written in the 60s. I felt awfully empty when reading the parts of the book in which the town was described. It made me feel like I was going to die. The scientist that did the fieldwork wore these moon-suits with tube for oxygen bulging from the sides. The people they found were dead, when the veins were cut open on the corpses the blood rolled out like sand. But before they left, two brought along¡Xalive. All of these things were part of plot development and key to the book's clincher. The characters in the book were easy to identify with. They had families, personality flaws, and compassion. Characters, I feel, make or break a book¡¦s quality level. The Andromeda Strain is a good book to read if you¡¦re a fiction junky. It also tantalizes the intellectual, and entertains the novice.
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Summary: The Andromeda Strian Reviewed
Review: The Andromeda Strain comes across as a book that should be an on the edge of your seat, nail biter type of read. This was my misconception. The book is actually very information and a little bit interesting for scientifically gifted people. Most of the book uses many techinical and scientific terms I was not familiar with, but I could catch on. The last part of the story really carries the weight of the entire book. There is not much progress in about the first fifteen chapters of the book, but near the end it picks up and the plot thickens, making a person nibble, not bite their nails. Overall I found the book to be satisfactory, but not a best-seller in my humble opinion.
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Summary: Page Turner!
Review: Although I tend to absolutely hate science fiction I loved this book! I am a 15 year old girl and was surprised that I enjoyed a less main stream story line. I was interested the whole time, even through the quasi-scientific parts. I kept on forgetting it was not actually a true story. Chriton's ability to incorperate "facts" was amacing and really enhanced my experience. This is a must read, and goes more quickly than I would have liked, because I was dissapointed I had no more to go.
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Summary: If the level is a rockin'-don't bother knockin'!
Review: Aliens attacking your circulatory system? Oh it can happen! You just check out the Andromeda Strain and eat your heart out! Literally! I don't want to spoil it for you, but man, you better hope it doesn't happen. A mysterious outbreak of unexplainable deaths has occured in this small town in New Mexico in 1971. Wearing the tackiest bubbles, these Top Secret government officials go in to check out the scene. If I tell you what they saw, I'd prolly have to kill you. These scientists go through all of these decontaminization levels to rid themselves of this "alien" bacteria then they get to level five, WHOOOHOOO! I have to watch my words, but they all go scenile in the end, that'll catch your attention! The red lights go off! AAAHHH!It's an excellent story, but carry along a bag of chex mix--It's gonna be a loooonnnngggg riiiddeee.Have fun! And rock on sci-fi channel!
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Summary: for the "science" inclined
Review: I'll admit it right from the start, I prefer the science in my science fiction to be lighter. Yet, there have been writers who can combine great characters, intriguing situations and hard science. Michael Crichton isn't one of these. A classic worth reading but unless you are very into medical mystery, perhaps not worth buying.
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Summary: Andromeda Strain
Review: The Andromeda Strain is the depiction of how a rare disease attacks the body and alters its blood. It goes through the process of how four scientists discover the effects of this disease and how it attacks peoples circulatory systems. It is not a story to read if you do not feel like thinking. This novel is filled with deep scientific facts and is not to be considered and easy read. I do not recommend this novel to those who are not fans of science fiction, your attention will be lost very quickly otherwise.
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Summary: Tou Lee's Andromeda Strain Review
Review: The Andromeda Strain is a "scary as hell" book. Full of mystery and danger, this book is scarier than most horror movies, because it seems so real.
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Summary: Good but ended too abruptly
Review: This was a good book I believe. However the thing that bothered me the most was the ending. It almost seemed as though Crichton got bored with writing it and cooked up some ending to get it out the door. Otherwise, it was entertaing and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: The Father of the techno thriller at his best!
Review: This is Michael Crichton's first novel (not considering the pseudonym thrillers he wrote while in college). It's also his best and the most thrilling science fiction novel I've ever read. If science fiction to you means aliens, spaceships, monsters and all those things, you're in for a big disappointment. A scoop satellite sent into space to collect micro-organisms for study crash lands in a desolate area of Arizona. Two army officers are sent to retrieve the satellite. But before they get there, people from a nearby town find the wreck, and try to investigate. When the officers reach the town, all they find is deathly silence. Miles away, in Mission Control, the transmission from the officers is monitored, and the last thing heard is a high pitched scream. Further investigations reveal that all the people in the town have been killed. Some just dropped dead on the streets, their blood clotted, and others driven hopelessly insane and finally committing suicide. The only survivors are a drunk old man and a young baby. It's a biological disaster that wiped out the entire town. Immediately, a team of experts is gathered in a top secret underground laboratory to investigate the deadly bacteria code-named 'The Andromeda Strain'. The team must race against time to learn more about the organism, which begins to mutate and take on even more dangerous forms. The biggest mystery, of course, is why the two individuals who seem to have absolutely nothing in common survived... Definitely a best-selling plot. Once again, the high point ot the novel is the technological detail. The secret lab is amazing. It has a decontamination process that takes almost a whole day. The bacteria itself is entirely authentic. As in most Crichton novels, the action is accompanied by essential illustrations to better explain the tests carried out by the scientists. Even if you're a layman, Crichton makes you feel quite comfortable even with all the seemingly technical gibberish. Although there's not much action, the plot is quite thrilling. I read the entire book in a single sitting! The only disadvantage is the climax which is slightly disappointing. Still, it's a fabulous book you simply can't afford to miss. I loved it, and I suppose you will too!
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Summary: THE Standard for Medical Thrillers
Review: This is the book that got me hooked on science fiction and medical thrillers when I first read it in junior high school 25 years ago. I re-read it recently and, aside from some medical technology advances since then, I was still engaged in this story of alien virus decoding. My health and science students seem to agree. Even though they start to read it because of a book report assignment, this book has failed to be returned several times because, "I gave it to my friend to read..."
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