The Andromeda Strain

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Summary: undoubtedly Crichton's best
Review: Andromeda Strain ranks as Crichton's most compelling and fascinating book (with Jurrassic Park a close second). Every aspect of Crichton's storytelling: the characters, the scientific insight, the suspense, are all at the top of their form. A true classic.

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Summary: a very good book
Review: This is an excellant book about all that scientific stuff. This is the best book i have ever read that doesnt have any human or animals for bad guys. Andromeda Strian is put together well and is one of his best. It starts out pretty slow but it picks up towards the end.

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Summary: Superb writing and a real hit !
Review: This is the kind of story that, maybe, one day will be history. Crichton reveals the beautiful, but even so, dangerous, world of biological research. Very well written with lots of technical details, perfectly blended with action and drama. It is not, however, his greatest book ever...If you like his style maybe you will want to read the great classical from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - "The poison belt"

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Summary: Not that interesting.
Review: It was one of his ok books, but still very dull in some parts. I didn't like the ending much and the thinking of some people puzzles me. However, it influenced my thinking in someways about aliens and other stuff like that. However, it is an intelligent book.

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Summary: Undoubtedly the WORST book I have ever read!!
Review: The first and ONLY book I have read by Mr. Crichton, I expected a book of great suspence and action from an author so widely known. BIG LET DOWN!!! For one thing, the storyline seemed to constantly leave things unexplained (maybe it was just me). In numerous parts of the novel, I found myself reading back two and three pages, thinking I just somehow missed something, but it never did explain what I wanted to know. Also, many terms used could've been, to me, some newly invented language. Maybe it's just because I'm not a science freak. In any case, I thought the book was boring, draggy, and, take away the very first and last few pages, extremely uneventful. What amazed me was the number of acclaims that were listed at the beginning of the book. Were those critics reading the same version of the novel I read?

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Summary: The worst book I've ever read
Review: I'd give it NO stars, but that isn't an option. It's too bad that Crichton had to write such junk- especially after his sensational SPHERE, THE LOST WORLD and JURASSIC PARK. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN is very, very long and very, very, boring. And the thing is, he expects us to actually be disease experts, because he rambles on and on about these technical words Einstein couldn't grasp. The charictors are all idiots, bumbling around, doing nothing but complaining how this disease wiped out an entire town except for 2 people, an old man and a baby, who somehow know each other, and, who with dozens of birds, somehow survived. These IS NO action in this entire book, except the climax, which feature the computer throwing darts at the hero, who somehow miraculously ducks them all. Why is the computer throwing darts at him, anyway? Virus of its own? Also, the story constantly shifts to another bozo, who seems to be the big boss, flying around in the air in his personal plane. Why is that in the story? What does it have to do with the story? Pretending, of course, that this book has a story. I don't think there is a reason for those parts to be in there, Crichton was just killing time (and trees). In short, this book is phenomenal waist of time and paper. I'm such a big fan of Crichton, too. It's just such a terrible book. Crichton has been known to give us the best books in history and the worst books of history. To prevent yourself from becoming a victim to this, please read the following: GREAT BOOKS FROM MASTERMIND MICHAEL CRICHTON: 1) JURASSIC PARK: Excellent action and dialogue. Every word is to be treasured. 2) SPHERE: Simply one of the greatest books ever written. 3) LOST WORLD: Great charictors and heart-stopping action. 4) THE TERMINAL MAN: Interesting with non-stop action TERRIBLE BOOKS FROM MICHAEL CRICHTON: 1) CONGO: Most of it is talking. About two pages total about the grey gorillas. 2) ANDROMEDA STRAIN: Simply one of the worst books ever written

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Summary: Truely one of Crichton's Best!
Review: This is my favorite of all his books. It requires an interest in the field of medicine/microbiology though. It was great how he inter-twined the fact and fiction of what we know today and leaves the mind open to think of what kind of diseases we will come to face in the future. A real classic for all science fiction lovers!

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Summary: Good Book
Review: The book puts you in the place of the scientists. That also gets the reader to wondering what is going to happen next. The book is a good book for people that are into suspense novels. It also gives an accuret account of what happens during those five days of the biological battle with andromeda.

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Summary: Not one of his better books!
Review: I have read many books by Mr.Crichton. This book is not one of his best. I have read over 21 books for my reports this year and I wrote this opne was one of the worst. The book Postman was the only worst one. The character development is very impaired. I am unable to assosciate with any of them. Association to a character is something I need to get into a book. I belive other books such as Sphere and Jurasic Park were much better. The content in both books were closer to sci-fi than other books. Empidemics are something we are used to reading and seeing nowadays. I teachers at school taught u to write with adjectives which this book is lacking. Do not read this book if you have something better to do.

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Summary: Fun to read, but not his best!
Review: Although the plot of this book was good, a lot of elements were missing. He never really explained why the virus didn't work and why a 7-12 wasn't ordered. This is Crichton's first book, so It wasn't that bad.(Sphere was his best)