The Andromeda Strain

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Summary: Crichton is the master of the action novel.
Review: This was one of the first stories I read of Crichton's and it is the reason why I line my bookshelves with his other novels. Crichton is a master at taking a reader down one path and having it lead to a dead end. In this novel he has the reader all worried about the alien virus outside of the research station. It is going to destroy all life on the planet and then it turns into a harmless plastic eater. Meanwhile, it is inside the station that we are to be concerned about. He builds up the sense of dread in the station by giving exact details as to the precautions for each level of the station. I think this is his best novel and it might be because of his blend of action with his knowledge of medicine. I would recommend this to all readers interested in reading their first Crichton novel. Moreover, I wish they would make this into a movie again; instead of making Sphere

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Summary: Crichton: Master of the Pen
Review: The Andromeda Strain was a thrilling book. I cringed at the descriptions of the dead bodies. I couldn't breathe when it reached a peak of suspense. I stayed up half the night, not wanting to put it down. This, like all of Crichton's books, was a page-turner and excitement to the extreme

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Summary: Riveting Trip Into A Biochemical Scientific Underworld
Review: This riveting novel was written so elequently, and yet Crichton-style straight-forward. The reader is drawn into a realm of science and experimentation where the slightest error has catastrophic repercussions. I found myself breathing quicker as the book progressed, attempting to protect myself from the deadly virus Crichton magically created

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Summary: The Birth of Crichton! Is he an A.L.F. to be this good?
Review: How does he do it? Each story so different. Each story with a messege. Each story so well done! He must be an Alien Life Form in disguise. Probably he is really a spiderlike creature from another galaxy who comes to earth, a la Steven King, every couple of years to steal the minds of several million readers, packing them in paper bags so that they can be eaten in brain soup kitchens for out of work spiders back on his home planet in M81. His collection is mesmerizing. Sphere, Jurasic Park, Congo, and now even ER on TV. But Andromeda Strain has got to be one of his best. Science fiction at its best, tense, thought provoking, realistic, yet previously unimagined. A trip down a cerebral worm hole where time and space are warped into a tale that could be true, in the not to distant future, but actually exposes the timeless truth that is human nature where ever or when ever carbon based life forms are present. If this was Crichton's begining I can't even begin to imagine his ending

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Summary: UHHH this is what evryone says is awsome
Review: alright I guess. Although it moves at a speed I like the book is only second rate compared to his other books. Worth the time spent reading it, but definatly disappointing compared to his other works. Give it a try maybe you'll like it better than me

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Summary: A mess of a novel
Review: This book is thought of by many to be a sort of modern classic, but I really didn't like it. It's full of plot twists that lead absolutely NOWHERE. There are certain revelations that make the preceding part of the novel seem a total waste of time. The character's efforts have no effect and eventually, the book is resolved when the virus mutates into a harmless form. The whole book is a waste of time. The characters are useless. The book is just a way for Crichton to show off medicla knowledge. All in all, it's a mess

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Summary: A space shuttle crashes and an alien virus is released.
Review: The Millitary quickly learns of the situation and sends people to check it out, but they don't return. The town's population is deminished and the virus shows how deadly it is. Now the U.S. must contain and destroy the virus, if possible

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Summary: Four scientists race against time to destroy an alien virus
Review: A routine sattelite recovery operation goes horribly wrong when an extremely lethal extra-terrestrial virus comes down to earth. Mysteriously, the entire population of a town is wiped out, except for a small child and an old man. Could there be any possible connection? A group of four scientists must now get together at a secret research facility in Nevada to try and find out more about the virus. If it escapes, the country will be doomed. So, they must then find a way to kill or destroy it. When an accident occurs, their worst fears are realised, but they are still in for one last shock.

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Summary: Amazing in the sense
Review: I read this book in the sixth grade, then read it again in the in the seventh, and again in the eighth. I couldn't put it down,and I hate to rea

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Summary: A suspenseful story about a virus of extraterrestrial origin
Review: A great story about scientists who rush to contain and find a cure for the andromeda strain, only to find that it adapts and that they have no way to control it