The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a star. The book examines the effects of an extraterrestrial pathogen that clots human blood. The organism kills or renders its victims insane. In the end, the organism evolves into a benign entity that migrates to the upper atmosphere, but a manned spacecraft burns up in reentry when it eats the heat shield on the space craft. As a result, mankind is trapped on Earth. The book predates many bio disaster works and taps into our worst fears about space travel. One reviewer said it was a horrifying story because of its plausibility.
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