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That's the scientific supposition that Michael Crichton formulates and follows out to its conclusion in his excellent debut novel, The Andromeda Strain.
A Nobel-Prize-winning bacteriologist, Jeremy Stone, urges the president to approve an extraterrestrial decontamination facility to sterilize returning astronauts, satellites, and spacecraft that might carry an "unknown biologic agent." The government agrees, almost too quickly, to build the top-secret Wildfire Lab in the desert of Nevada. Shortly thereafter, unbeknownst to Stone, the U.S. Army initiates the "Scoop" satellite program, an attempt to actively collect space pathogens for use in biological warfare. When Scoop VII crashes a couple years later in the isolated Arizona town of Piedmont, the Army ends up getting more than it asked for.
The Andromeda Strain follows Stone and rest of the scientific team mobilized to react to the Scoop crash as they scramble to understand and contain a strange and deadly outbreak. Crichton's first book may well be his best; it has an earnestness that is missing from his later, more calculated thrillers. --Paul Hughes
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The novel that redefined the science fiction genre, starring a team of scientists who must uncover what killed the citizens of a sleepy desert town-and stop the deadly contagion before it creates a catastrophe."I love anything Michael Crichton writes."-Stephen KingA 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 nations 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 theyve ever seen-and what they dont know could not only hurt them, but lead to unprecedented worldwide catastrophe. Seller Inventory # DADAX1101974494
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The novel that redefined the science fiction genre, starring a team of scientists who must uncover what killed the citizens of a sleepy desert townand stop the deadly contagion before it creates a catastrophe."I love anything Michael Crichton writes."Stephen KingA 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 nations 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 theyve ever seenand what they dont know could not only hurt them, but lead to unprecedented worldwide catastrophe. Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781101974490