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The Andromeda Strain
- Narrated by: David Morse
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- David Hann
- 08-11-2018
Excellent story!
Really well written and engaging story. Even though the novel is a bit dated, the science explored is still quite relatable to what’s in use today. Scary to think that an extraterrestrial virus could slip though the cracks in this way! Really good narrator! David, Australia
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- Rhys
- 17-06-2024
Clinical Crichton
If you're familiar with Crichton's other work and don't mind his occasional tangents into numbers or dry computer outputs (Think the ceaseless dinosaur counting readouts of Jurassic Park) then you know what you're in for here.
It is probably his driest story, leaning more into the clinical data and beeping screens than any of his other works but despite this Crichton was a master of his craft and his skill in undeniable.
While slower and a little on the dry side even for him, this is still a phenomenal technothriller (though maybe techno isn't the word in this particular case) and well worth a listen or two!
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- Anonymous User
- 24-04-2020
Great read
Very good and well narrated, must get the sequel. you are sure to love this book
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- Zoe Radas
- 24-07-2019
doesn't translate well
There are a lot of military telegrams/correspondence going on in the story. Long lists of numbers/letters that aren't pertinent to the story but have to be read out, of course. Really takes you out of any suspense the story manages to gather.
Having said that, David Morse does a bloody great job narrating.
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