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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On the big screen, Swofford had roles in Robert Wise's "The Andromeda Strain" (1971), John Guillermin's "Skyjacked" (1972), Don Giler's "The Black Bird," Stanley Kramer's "The Domino Killings," (1977), Blake Edwards' "S.O.B." (1981), John Huston's "Annie," (1982) Ridley Scott's "Thelma & Louise" (1991) and others.

Ken Swofford, formerly of Du Quoin

This year's breakout hit "A Quiet Place" unleashed carnivorous aliens, while in "I am Legend," "The Andromeda Strain," "12 Monkeys" and the "Planet of the Apes" movies, the bad guy was a virus.

Post-apocalypse now: the end of the world at the movies

It is loosely based on the 1973 film written and directed by Michael Crichton ('Jurassic Park,' 'Andromeda Strain') and starring Richard Benjamin, James Brolin and Yul Brynner.

Welcome to 'Westworld'

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

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.

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

Despite the hype, Ebola concerns should be very minimal

Caption: Helix: It's The Thing meets the Andromeda Strain

Can Syfy bring back the sci-fi? With a new programming head and a wannabe flagship that's trying to find its footing, the net continues its quest for an impactful genre show

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.