Summary: <Tab/>The Andromeda Strain is a strain that gets caught on a satellite that's orbiting the earth. Due to an accident, the satellite comes crashing down to earth. It lands in a remote part of the country and the government decides to investigate. When they send a team of two into the city, they find bodies, something they did not expect to see. They continue to travel and survey the …showed first 75 words of 360 total…

…showed last 75 words of 360 total…first bestseller. It is a very drawn out Science Fiction book. I would call it Science Fiction because of the idea behind it, the world's first encounter with a biological alien weapon. I thought it was not one of his better books due to the very detailed description of every character but the plot was good. Crichton made a good start with this book in plot development but he continued on to write better books.