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The Andromeda Strain
- Narrated by: David Morse
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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The Andromeda Strain
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Publisher's Summary
First published fifty years ago, The Andromeda Strain redefined the science fiction genre, and immediately established Michael Crichton as one of the brightest voices in contemporary literature worldwide.
"I love anything Michael Crichton writes." (Stephen King)
A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant.
The United States government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Four of the nation’s most elite biophysicists are summoned to a clandestine underground laboratory located five stories beneath the desert and fitted with an automated atomic self-destruction mechanism for cases of irremediable contamination. Under conditions of total news blackout and the utmost urgency, the scientists race to understand and contain the crisis. But the Andromeda Strain proves different from anything they’ve ever seen - and what they don’t know could not only hurt them, but lead to unprecedented worldwide catastrophe.
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- Paul
- 13-09-2024
The highs and lows of being a human
It takes a few minutes to get used the the narrators voice. However, he is good at changing his voice for each character.
The story is excellent, it takes you on a journey of an anticipated incident and how we as humans are fragile in body as well as in our thinking. It takes a team to examine the puzzle in front of them and think outside the bubble for an answer.
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- matt
- 30-06-2024
the genuine feel of an actual event
the whole story. felt like part fiction , part documentary
David Morse nailed the performance , very convincing 👏
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- Hayden
- 28-06-2023
Love the author but what was that
I love Michael Crichton, but seriously, what was that?! Somehow managed to make a short novel drone on and seem so long. This story had so much potential.
The reader however was wonderful
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- Jaimee Raper
- 15-08-2024
Pretty Good
This perhaps doesn't hold up as well in the 21st century as one would hope, although it did hold up better than I expected. I would definitely recommend this book to someone who is interested in Science - just know that the book is perhaps a little less polished than you would hope.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-2019
enjoyable
I really liked this one I appreciate the details ( alot) of details . and the narrator was excellent
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Howard
- 07-05-2018
Some great moments but anti climactic.
There's lots of potential in this story, but it felt like a lost opportunity to really explore the material properly. The inconsequential plot point detached from the principal theme takes over and becomes the climactic ending at the expense of a really intriguing subject matter.
Finished it feeling underwhelmed, like i'd watched an intelligent and rich character driven movie that's gets hijacked by the studio and the Hollywood Blockbuster ending is forced into it with a rushed conclusion.
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- Craig
- 30-07-2017
Meh
And had plenty of potential and it was well written, and David Morse did a good job with the audio, but the story went nowhere. Pretty much nothing the main characters did had anything to do with the story. I may have missed the point and it may have all been about the odd man, but even then
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- Robert Mifsud
- 21-04-2023
First time going through this story
I haven’t heard much from Michael Chrighton, however I’m sure I’ll be looking into it. The topics discussed are well thought out and that make a lot of it still relevant today.
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- Mel M
- 15-11-2016
ripper
what a ripper of a story, panic attack ensured with the spooky way of dying the defeating the bug.
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- Jesse James
- 27-02-2022
Ahead if its time
When you consider when it was written, it is fantastic. Though as an author his writing style has matured with each new title more gripping than the last
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