Andromeda Strain

A hypothetical, highly virulent virus that would be spread by aerosol and result in a “species-threatening event”—i.e., capable of decimating the human population. The virus was named after Michael Crighton’s novel of the same name; there is no real Andromeda Strain.

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What emerges is the kind of book a young Crichton might have delivered in his Andromeda Strain heyday.

Lock In

by director J J Abrams and The Dark Knight writer Jonathan Nolan, who will The 1973 movie starring Yul Brynner which became a cult classic was written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton whose books were turned into films including The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Congo, Travels, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World and Airframe.

SIR ANTHONY SADDLES UP SADDLE; opkins stars in TV remake of classic sci-fi flick Westworld Hopkins

The media tends to make it sound like the Andromeda strain is coming.

Despite the hype, Ebola concerns should be very minimal

Besides, A&E already enjoyed success with another Crichton-related movie-to-miniseries leap, "The Andromeda Strain," in 2008.

Coma

The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, The Sphere and The 13th Warrior 24.

MasterMinds

Michael Crichton wrote thrillers throughout med school and later established himself as a man of letters his work continuously appearing on the best sellers list with novels like the Terminal Man Andromeda Strain Jurassic Park and the most recent Next.

Specific Gravity

Crichton, the author of bestselling titles such Jurassic Park and Andromeda Strain, died in November last year.

Two new novels by Michael Crichton to be published posthumously by HarperCollins

In The Andromeda Strain (1969), Army scientists in search of biological warfare agents endanger humanity by bringing back a space virus that infects a town.

Scion of Frankenstein: Michael Crichton, novelist and policy provocateur

Michael Crichton, the author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as Jurassic Park, Timeline and The Andromeda Strain, has died of cancer, according to his family.

Author Michael Crichton dies

Crichton's bestsellers included The Andromeda Strain, published in 1969 while he was still at medical school.

E.R.WRITER CRICHTON IS DEAD AT 66; Cancer kills king of thrills

Michael Crichton, the million-selling author of thrillers such as Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, has died of cancer, his family said.

Blockbuster author Crichton dies after battle with cancer

He was also one of the richest, having thrilled millions with such prescient works as Westworld, The Terminal Man and The Andromeda Strain.