The Andromeda Strain (1969) (edit title/settings)

Pooja M edited the description of The Andromeda Strain Monday, May 14, 2012.

• TheFive prominent biophysicists give the United States government is given aan urgent warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: currentby: sterilization procedures applied tofor returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere.

  Two years later, Project Scoop sends seventeen satellites are sentinto the outerfringesfringes of space in order to "collect'collect organisms and dust for study." One of themstudy.'

  Then a probe satellite falls to the earth, landing in a desolate area of northeastern Arizona. Twelve miles fromIn the landing site, in thenearby town of Piedmont,a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the deadPiedmont, bodies oflie heaped and flung across the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped deadground, faces locked in their tracks.frozen surprise.

  The terror has begun...

Shelfari edited the description of The Andromeda Strain Saturday, August 1, 2009.

• The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outerfringes of space to "collect organisms and dust for study." One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona. Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont,a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.