Welcome to Week 1 of the Online Book Club discussion of the The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton.
The Online Book Club, if you've never joined us before, is a book discussion group that takes place entirely online. Each week, I write a new blog post that talks about different aspects of the book, and you can interact directly with me and other readers by leaving your comments. Check back each week and see what new topics we're talking about.
The Andromeda Strain imagines what would happen if a satellite crashed down on Earth from space and brought with it a deadly and mysterious virus. The story follows a group of scientists as they try to understand the microorganism that is causing havoc. The scientists work frantically in a secret laboratory to stop the threat of a world-wide epidemic and create an antidote to the virus that killed a whole town of people. The story is very tense and leaves the reader wondering if the scientists will ever figure out how to solve the problem.
If you want to follow along with us but you aren't interested in reading the book, you can always watch the movie version that came out in the '70s. Check out the trailer above if you want to get a feel for the how the story plays out on screen. Feel free to still leave comments on the blog posts, even if you're only watching the series and not reading the book.
We'll be reading the first 10 chapters for next week, so make sure to read those before checking out the next blog post! I can't wait to hear from you in the comments!
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