The Andromeda Strain
A 1969 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism that arrives on Earth via a crashed satellite.
The title has become shorthand for any mysterious pathogen or biological threat of unknown origin: Scientists worried they might be dealing with an Andromeda Strain situation.
Also adapted as a 1971 film.
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- biological threatDanger from living organisms
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
Michael Crichton · Crichton · contagion · alien life · quarantine · Wildfire · bacteria · extraterrestrial · biohazard · laboratory · petri dish · containment · hazmat suit · infection · pathogen · thriller · microbe · scientists
- Michael CrichtonJurassic Park, Westworld, The Lost World, Congo, Sphere
- Plague FictionThe Stand, World War Z, The Decameron, epidemic, virus
- Robert Wise filmsWest Side Story, The Haunting
- Disaster Films2012, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, The Towering Inferno
- apocalypseapocalypse, Armageddon, end times, rapture, tribulation
The Andromeda StrainThe Notebook
Elderly love remembered
Steel Magnolias · Fried Green Tomatoes · Avatar · Interstellar
The Andromeda StrainThe Road
Paved travel surface
28 Days Later · The Stand · Frankenstein · The Terminator · Westworld
The Andromeda StrainFlash Gordon
Pulp science fiction hero
Star Wars · John Carter · space opera · Dune · Buck Rogers
Andromeda, strain, strained, straining, strainer, strains, unstrained, overstrained