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The Andromeda Evolution Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name—and spawned a new genre, the technothriller—the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.
The Evolution is Coming.
In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle—designated The Andromeda Strain—killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before a catastrophic nuclear detonation, they succeeded.
In the ensuing decades, research on the microparticle continued. And the world thought it was safe…
Deep inside Fairchild Air Force Base, Project Eternal Vigilance has continued to watch and wait for the Andromeda Strain to reappear. On the verge of being shut down, the project has registered no activity—until now. A Brazilian terrain-mapping drone has detected a bizarre anomaly of otherworldly matter in the middle of the jungle, and, worse yet, the tell-tale chemical signature of the deadly microparticle.
With this shocking discovery, the next-generation Project Wildfire is activated, and a diverse team of experts hailing from all over the world is dispatched to investigate the potentially apocalyptic threat.
But the microbe is growing—evolving. And if the Wildfire team can’t reach the quarantine zone, enter the anomaly, and figure out how to stop it, this new Andromeda Evolution will annihilate all life as we know it.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarper
- Publication dateNovember 12, 2019
- File size3776 KB
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Editorial Reviews
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“The Andromeda Evolution is both a kick-ass sequel and a loving tribute to one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Daniel H. Wilson has taken up Crichton’s mantle and reinvented the techno-thriller, by continuing the tale that invented that genre. This is a meticulously crafted adventure story, packed with action, mystery, wonder, and just enough hard science to scare the hell out of you. So good!” — Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One
“Ingenious…. Wilson is a good choice for carrying the master’s work forward….The episodes set in outer space are particularly thrilling…. Would make Crichton proud.” — Washington Post
“Superb…. There’s a shock or a cliff-hanger every few pages, all rigorously controlled. Believe it or not, it’s even better than the original.” — Wall Street Journal
“Wilson has perfectly captured the suspense of the original.” — Newsday
“Compelling…. An infectious evolution of the Michael Crichton literary legacy…. The cast of diverse characters engage the head and heart as they struggle to save humanity, yet remain quite human …. Explodes with an unexpected, gripping, cinematic finale.” — USA Today
“An atmospheric and often terrifying roller-coaster ride with (literally) sky-high stakes that pays plenty of homage to The Andromeda Strain while also echoing the spirit and mood of Crichton's other works…. A thrilling and satisfying sequel to the 1969 classic.” — Kirkus, starred review
“Terrific…. Deftly blends science, suspense, and character interaction in a way that will be familiar to Crichton’s fans…. In every way, this is a wonderful sequel to a classic novel, written in the spirit of Crichton but in Wilson’s own powerful voice.” — Booklist, starred review
“Wilson confidently captures the voice of the late Crichton in this chilling sequel to the 1969 blockbuster The Andromeda Strain … [and] employs his expertise to add depth and credibility to the advanced technology the scientists use…. Fans of the original techno-thriller won’t be disappointed.” — Publishers Weekly
“An edge-of-your-seat thrill ride.” — Bookreporter
About the Author
Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as ten other books, including How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Guardian Angels & Other Monsters, and The Clockwork Dynasty. He recently wrote the Earth 2: Society comic book series for DC Comics. In 2008, Wilson hosted "The Works," a television series airing on the History Channel that uncovered the science behind everyday stuff. He earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.
Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Next and Dragon Teeth, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway, Looker, Coma and created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.
Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the Earth 2: Society comic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.
Product details
- ASIN : B07CRGKWC3
- Publisher : Harper; Reprint edition (November 12, 2019)
- Publication date : November 12, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 3776 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 383 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #68,698 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #228 in Technothrillers (Kindle Store)
- #914 in Science Fiction Adventure
- #939 in Action Thriller Fiction
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About the authors
Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse its sequel Robogenesis, and many other books, including How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Amped, and The Clockwork Dynasty. He earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Masters degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. His latest novel is The Andromeda Evolution, an authorized sequel to Michael Crichton's groundbreaking The Andromeda Strain. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.
You can visit his website at www.danielhwilson.com
MICHAEL CRICHTON the author of the groundbreaking novels Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Sphere, Congo, Next and Micro among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films, most notably Jurassic Park. He directed Westworld, Coma, The Great Train Robbery and Looker, and also created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.
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The pros:
+ The book was interesting enough to keep me going to the end.
+ It was scientifically plausible 'most' of the time
+ It didn't try to 'overwrite' or modify anything from the first book
+ It had one or two interesting plot twists.
+ Most posthumous sequels are horrible but this surprisingly wasn't.
The cons/plotholes/tech gaffes:
- Parts of the book feel like I am reading about the "Expanse" and its proto-molecule... especially the end.
- Sending a bunch of unprepared scientists into the jungle 30 miles from the anomaly was not realistic at all. A more realistic solution is a well-trained group of military people would have gone in with comms back to Wildfire.
- Speaking of comms.... For such a mission they would have had better comms... period. A remotely controlled UAV flying close to the canopy could have easily acted as a repeater.
- It seems all the major Govt's knew about the Andromeda strain... they even had a Chinese officer as part of the Wildfire group and the Russian cosmonaut aboard the ISS was also aware of Wildfire. And the Anamoly was towering way out of the jungle ... So there is no reason to keep maintaining secrecy from each other and even Brazil...especially when it was a potential extinction level event.
- Simply spraying yourself down with the inhibitor would certainly NOT be enough to keep yourself safe from Andromeda. Sure they wore respirators but even a cut was enough to become infected. And there was no eye protection? Cmon this is silly.
- On the ISS, James is infected... yet he was told he should have been feeling the effects immediately and be dead but he wasn't. That is inconsistent with the indigenous people in the jungle who were infected heavily and lived long enough to attack people over 10 miles away from the infection site.
- I might be callous but... given the world looked to be coming to an end, being worried about 'cultural contamination of the tribes in the Amazon should be the least of your concerns. Does it really make sense to be worried about such a thing when it was likely they would all be dead in days? Really?
If you made it this far you might think I disliked this book... no I liked it a good deal and it appears there will be yet another book based on the ending. I will buy it of course.
as you read along. I liked each of the characters. The tie to the original
novel was a neat twist. Must read.
The story was ‘up-to-date’ compared to the original being almost 50 years before. The chain of events, however, were sometimes difficult to follow, unrealistic, and sometimes unbelievable. Particularly when this Author chose to deviate from science and instead use magic to alter the orbit of the ISS, from a highly-inclined trajectory to following an Equatorial path ... in reality, there would not be enough fuel to do anything close to this type of maneuver, so I was disappointed.
[And, sure, the Author also wrote several other things that require leaps of the imagination (when viewed from a scientific standpoint), but their real-life counterparts weren’t necessarily so obvious.]
THANK YOU, to the Author, for at least trying and writing this book.
This is filled with scientific based facts wrapped in an adventurous thrill
Ing ride laced with exciting and believable characters.
I REALLY enjoyed this gripping novel
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Aunque figure Chrichton como autor no lo es en absoluto salvo que esta novela parte de alguna forma de su novela.
Lectura entretenida y que engancha pero lejos de ser una obra de referencia.