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Description edit
Five prominent biophysicists give the United States government an urgent warning by: sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere.
Two years later, Project Scoop sends seventeen satellites into the fringes... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Dr. Jeremy Stone: Professor of Bacteriology...team leader- Project Wildfire
- Mark Hall: surgeon....key to Odd Man Hypothesis...
- Dr. Charles Burton: Professor of Pathology
- Major Arthur Manchek: Command control officer- SCOOP Mission control.
- Dr. Peter Leavitt: Clinical microbiologist...
- Peter Jackson: old man who survived Piedmont outbreak
Quotes edit
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“Most of them died instantly. A few had time to go quietly nuts.”
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“The fact of the matter is that you are the Odd Man. You are the key to all this. Quite literally.”
Dr. Stone -
“If that's a meteor, it's damn funny-looking.”
Dr. Stone -
“And to the rock, for its part, is not even aware of our existence because we are alive for only a brief instant of its lifespan. To it, we are like flashes in the dark.”
Leavitt
Organizations edit
- Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL): One of the various research centers in the novel.
- Wildfire: The team responsible for the study of the mysterious capsule and disease.
First Sentence edit
A man with binoculars.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgements
I. Day One: Contact
1. The Country of Lost Borders
2. Vandenberg
3. Crisis
4. Alert
II. Day Two: Piedmont
5. The Early Hours
6. Piedmont
7. "An Unusual Process"
8. Directive 7-12
9. Flatrock
10. Stage I
11. Decontamination
III. Day Three: Wildfire
12. The Conference
13. Level V
14. Miscellaneous
15. Main Control
16. Autopsy
17. Recovery
18. The Noon Conference
19. Crash
20. Routine
21. The Midnight Conference
IV. Day Four: Spread
22. The Analysis
23. Topeka
24. Evaluation
25. Willis
26. The Seal
27. Scared To Death
28. The Test
29. Three Minutes
V. Day Five: Resolution
30. The Last Day
31. Epilogue
References
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 17 of 99 in NPR's Top 100 Killer Thriller. (community list)
Preceded by A Time to Kill, and followed by Mystic River.
This is book 5 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1969. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Inheritors, and followed by The Seven Minutes.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Crichton (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 0 7089 8937 3
Page Count: 358
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 0 7089 8937 3
Page Count: 358
Awards edit
- Seiun Award (1971: Best Foreign Language Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3553.R48 1969
- Dewey: 818'.54
Subjects edit
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Movie Connections edit
- The Andromeda Strain (1971) (IMDb): Staring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, and Kate Reid
- The Andromeda Strain (2008) (TV) (IMDb): TV mini-series. Staring Eric McCormack, Justin Louis, Barry Flatman, and Ted Whittall
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