the andromeda strain by michael crichton

He is the professor and chairman of the bacteriology department at Stanford University and is, according to the book, the 1961 winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine.ĭr Burton is a professor of pathology at the Baylor College of Medicine.ĭr Leavitt is a clinical microbiologist. It has five members, Dr Stone, Dr Burton, Dr Leavitt, Dr Hall and Prof Kirke, the last of whom suffers from appendicitis and thus hospitalized, unable to contribute to the effort.ĭr Stone is a prodigy. “Wildfire” encompasses a team of scientists tasked by the government to contain any potential dangers brought about by an alien virus. Suspecting presence of extra-terrestrial organism within the crashed satellite, the duty officer send recommendations for activating “Wildfire”, a protocol designed to tackle a scenario just like the one presenting itself in Piedmont, and the survivors along with the scientists reach the Wildfire facility to combat the problem. Upon further investigations, it is found out that apparently everyone in the town has died mysteriously, barring two people, an old man and an infant. But before anything substantial could be found, they lose contact with their military base. It is as if the entire town has turned haunted. Upon their arrival, they come across a ghastly sight.

The book begins with the hunt for a military-grade satellite believed to have crashed in the town of Piedmont and a team of two men sent to retrieve it.

Upon its publication, it was included in the New York Times bestsellers list.Īfter an initial reading, the book seems to follow documentary style, highlighting the efforts of a scientific team in investigating the presence of an extra-terrestrial virus in a small town of Piedmont, Arizona. But before he was creating dinosaur-based inspiration for one of Hollywood’s greatest franchises, he produced quite an exquisite collection of sci-fi thrillers, and the Andromeda is definitely one of them. For those few of you who have yet not heard of Michael, he is the man behind ground-breaking works such as Jurassic Park and its follow-up, The Lost World. The Andromeda Strain is a techno-thriller written by the esteemed Michael Crichton in the year 1969.

The andromeda strain by michael crichton