
Inhalt: A trained scientist writes a technical narrative, centering on various scientific issues, which recounts a 5-day major space-age crisis. A space probe, designed to collect organisms and dust for study, falls to earth in a desolate area of north-eastern Arizona. In a nearby town, bodies. First published fifty years ago, The Andromeda Strain redefined the science fiction genre, and immediately established Michael Crichton as one of the brightest.