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The Andromeda strain

Author: Michael Crichton
Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1969.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : English : [1st ed.]View all editions and formats
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A military satellite launched to collect organisms in the upper atmosphere comes down in Arizona. Within a few hours, almost everyone in a nearby town is dead. A team of scientists is assembled to investigate.
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Genre/Form: Science fiction
Fiction
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Thrillers (Fiction)
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008.
Andromeda strain.
New York : Knopf : distributed by Random House, 1969
(OCoLC)558014206
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Crichton
ISBN: 0224617907 9780224617901 0394415256 9780394415253 9780061703157 006170315X 0679437894 9780679437895 9780345378484 0345378482 0060541814 9780060541811
OCLC Number: 12231
Description: 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Responsibility: Michael Crichton.

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A military satellite launched to collect organisms in the upper atmosphere comes down in Arizona. Within a few hours, almost everyone in a nearby town is dead. A team of scientists is assembled to investigate.

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