The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain (1969), by Michael Crichton, is a techno-thriller novel documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism that rapidly and fatally clots human blood in some people while, in others, induces insanity that ends in the infected people committing suicide or murder-suicide. It became a New York Times Bestseller. This novel established Michael Crichton as a best-selling genre author, and was his sixth published novel, albeit the first under his own name.

List of characters

 * Roger Shawn
 * Lewis Crane
 * Edgar Comroe
 * Arthur Manchek
 * Samuel "Gunner" Wilson
 * Jaggers
 * Allison Stone
 * Jeremy Stone
 * Morton
 * Marcus
 * Peter Leavitt
 * Mark Hall
 * Charles Burton
 * Jamie Ritter
 * Peter Jackson
 * John
 * Karen Anson
 * Burns
 * Robertson
 * Martin Willis
 * Ezonic man

Film Adaptations
The Andromeda Strain has had two film adaptations:

The first adaptation came out in 1971.

Then, in 2008, a new adaptation of the Andromeda Strain premeired on A&E. This version was a mini-series, and was shown on A&E in two parts, in two nights.