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  • From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a captivating thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, which threatens to annihilate human life.
  • Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.

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Synopsis:

From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a captivating thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, which threatens to annihilate human life.

Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.
The sequel The Andromeda Evolution is on Hoopla (ebook) & CloudLibrary (audiobook) for those with access

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01-29-2024 at 06:33 AM.
01-29-2024 at 06:33 AM.
Synopsis:

From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a captivating thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, which threatens to annihilate human life.

Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.
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02-01-2024 at 12:43 PM.
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Quote from hwrhs87 :
Synopsis:

From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a captivating thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, which threatens to annihilate human life.

Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...eda-strain
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02-01-2024 at 02:06 PM.
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Great book!
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mr_landaverde
02-01-2024 at 05:02 PM.
02-01-2024 at 05:02 PM.
Great story. Lots of tension and suspense. Too bad it didn't translate too well to the silver screen.
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02-01-2024 at 08:24 PM.

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02-01-2024 at 08:24 PM.
The sequel The Andromeda Evolution is on Hoopla (ebook) & CloudLibrary (audiobook) for those with access
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Crew
02-02-2024 at 05:08 AM.
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Absolutely excellent read; holds up well!

Hard to believe it was written over 50 (!) years ago.

Crichton was an absolute master.
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02-02-2024 at 07:27 AM.
02-02-2024 at 07:27 AM.
I've never read the book or seen the movie but there was a TV miniseries on A&E - trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edUWhyQHhc8
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02-02-2024 at 08:16 AM.
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Quote from Crew :
Absolutely excellent read; holds up well!

Hard to believe it was written over 50 (!) years ago.

Crichton was an absolute master.
I read this about 10 years ago. I was amazed by his grasp of technology and where it was heading when he wrote this in 1969.

It was interesting how he described a computer terminal like the reader would have no idea what he's talking about since most people in 1969 wouldn't know what he's talking about.
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02-02-2024 at 08:20 AM.
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Good book but terrible ending from when I read it long ago.
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Cjchaps
02-02-2024 at 08:44 AM.
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Free from your local library. Mine has it in hardcover, ebook, or audiobook.
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02-02-2024 at 08:48 AM.
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Jurassic Park, Lost World and Timeline were my favorite books when I was younger. I actually read Lost World first, but still enjoyed the original immensely. I don't remember them all, but I've read a good chunk of his more popular books, including this one.

Now, I also enjoyed State of Fear at the time, but man has that aged like milk. It was controversial at the time, actually. Kind of lost a little but or respect for the guy…
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Quote from Antonius :
Good book but terrible ending from when I read it long ago.

I wouldn't say it's terrible so much as anticlimactic. Still worth the read, IMO.
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The sequel The Andromeda Evolution is on Hoopla (ebook) & CloudLibrary (audiobook) for those with access

I wouldn't call it a sequel as much as fan fiction that they somehow got Crichton's estate to let him use his name on. Far cry from the original.
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