The Andromeda Strain (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Crichton
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—catastrophe
- Time of Work: The late 1960’s
- Setting: Arizona and Nevada
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: 1960’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Science or scientists, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, West, U.S., Arizona, Southwest, Bacteriology, Diseases, Epidemics, Life, biological, Microbiology, Nevada, Satellites
- Locales: Flatrock, NV
The Plot
With utmost secrecy, the U.S. government has been sending satellites into orbit to scoop up particles from outer space and bring them back to Earth to be studied. This undertaking is known as Project Scoop, and one of its purposes is to see if there are particles in outer space that are unlike anything known on Earth. Retrieval of the satellites poses a problem because no precise method of reentry exists that will bring a satellite to a predetermined landing site. Because landings can occur anywhere in the world, a system has been devised to either recover or destroy...
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