Many consider Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain" to be the quintessential example of his work. It contains the scientific detail of the time. The technology is cutting edge. The science is current theory. The medicine is beyond the textbooks and barely in the journals. As a physician and researcher, Crichton knows how to put the "science" in "science fiction." This is a "thinkers" sci-fi. Leagues above films with latex antagonists chasing a bleached blond chorus. Michael Crichton creates a new world out of the reality just barely over our horizon and asks the questions society seems to overlook in its pursuit of advancement.
Are we ready to find new life? What will it be like? Are we ready? Are our priorities sound? Will our prior history overshadow the new choices? In "The Andromeda Strain," the scientific community and government must assess these and many other questions quickly. New life is on Earth. Things are not going as planned.
The film is fairly close the book, which is excellent. If you like the movie, you will still love the book. As you watch the movie, note the technology. Everything depicted existed from the diagnostic machines developed for the space program to the skin removal lamps for sterilization. Three decades later, the film is still relevant and shows limited dated items.
Are we ready to find new life? What will it be like? Are we ready? Are our priorities sound? Will our prior history overshadow the new choices? In "The Andromeda Strain," the scientific community and government must assess these and many other questions quickly. New life is on Earth. Things are not going as planned.
The film is fairly close the book, which is excellent. If you like the movie, you will still love the book. As you watch the movie, note the technology. Everything depicted existed from the diagnostic machines developed for the space program to the skin removal lamps for sterilization. Three decades later, the film is still relevant and shows limited dated items.