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    The Andromeda Evolution
    The Andromeda Evolution
    The Andromeda Evolution
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    The Andromeda Evolution

    Written by Michael Crichton and Daniel H. Wilson

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

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    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
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateNov 12, 2019
    ISBN9780062473301
    Author

    Michael Crichton

    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.

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    • 4/5
      Interesting. The narrator uses a documentary approach, the first time I've seen this used in a book.
    • 4/5
      Excellent twists and turns. Included the usual elements dealing with amazing tech, alien mystery, and human nature. Enjoyed the trek through the jungle as well as the jump from space. Held my attention.
    • 2/5
      I was disappointed in this book. I loved Andromeda Strain so I had to read it. But like most books and movies now days it relies too much on character conflict, secret agendas, and non-stop action. Which is fine, if that’s what you like. But I was hoping for something more akin to the first book that relied on the story and problem solving of the characters to keep it interesting. Also, the plot twists and were a little predictable and the story as a whole a bit ridiculous.

      I loved the narration though. She did an excellent job with voices and accents and made it very easy to tell the characters apart. Which is useful for book like this that has a lot of characters to keep track of.
    • 5/5
      Hard to believe it’s not written by Michael Crichton. Excellent story, excellent reader.
    • 3/5
      The story was not very good but the performance was excellent
    • 4/5
      Interesting sequel to the original Andromeda Strain, with a group of scientists sent to investigate something in the depths of the Amazon.
    • 5/5
      Excellent work, enjoyed it. Thanks for a great audiobook.
    • 3/5
      So far the one I liked the least by Crichton... too focused on explaining characters of different background. It seems like he wanted to pick one character from each ethnicity.
    • 5/5
      I’m happy to say that it was very good. Almost as good as an original MC novel.
    • 5/5
      A very suspenseful page turner. Not as believable as the original book but still a great book with surprise twists.
    • 5/5
      True to form. As if Michael Crichton wrote it himself. It had a couple small lapses, but overall a very enjoyable book.
    • 2/5
      start?,
      character's ?,
      story progress ?,
      further in the story?,
      towards the end?.
    • 5/5
      Entertaining from start to finish. With interesting plot twists and turns
    • 2/5
      The book was pretty good until the SkyHook. The story is set about 50 years after the original .

      We are nowhere near having the SkyHook technology at this point, Andromeda or not.

      Totally ruined the book. I did listen to it to the end and was very contrite. Plus having James Stone being the baby that survived 50 years earlier.

      Reminds me of one of the many Star Trek:TNG episodes where Data saves the day by pulling a Tachyon Pulse out of his butt.

      I truly believe that Michael Crichton would have said no to this bizarre and unbelievable able story line.
    • 5/5
      Insanely good. So good that I wondered if it inspired Homo Deus
    • 2/5
      I appreciate the effort and the imagination to resurrect Crichton's 50-year old classic, but the execution of "The Andromeda Evolution" comes up short in many areas. The plot is as thin as the strand of "Strain" that takes center stage in this tepid thriller set in both the Amazon and outer space. Author Daniel H. Porter pays his respects to Crichton's work by referencing it frequently throughout this novel, but his skill as a writer is lacking in character development, plot pacing, and scene interest. The few plot twists were infrequent enough to make plodding through this novel difficult.This reviewer's suggestion is to stick with Crichton's original and leave it at that.
    • 3/5
      One thing that's important to know going in: This one is very very different from its predecessor. So different that I think people who loved the original are not going to love this one and vice versa. While The Andromeda Strain leaned heavily into the science aspect of effort to identify and contain a pathogen, The Andromeda Evolution is a much more straightforward thriller, with our protagonists hacking their way through the jungle, swimming through underground tunnels, and fighting native tribes. Add in an unbalanced astronaut with a God complex and I sometimes forgot what I was supposed to be reading about. The book wasn't bad but it definitely looks to cash in on Crichton's good name rather than being any real continuation of the style or substance of the original.
    • 3/5
      This reads like Crichton, and its interesting that they made a sequel to his book without any notes from him or anything, and acted like the original Andromeda Strain book was nonfiction and that Crichton was a historian by writing it.... ...but this just kind of falls flat. Its interesting, but somewhat lackluster. It doesn't quite get the charm of Crichton. I also didn't care much for the idea that it was a human behind attempting to repurpose the Andromeda strain.

      There is a few logical leaps too that don't make much sense, and the characters are relatively flat and emotionless and 2D at best.

      And of course, we get a Marvel-esque ending scene of "....but its still out there.... and calling to someone ELSE...." dun dun dun.... stay tuned everyone!

    • 5/5
      I think I enjoyed the first Andromeda more, but this was a worthy sequel. The scifi concepts got 'bigger' if that makes any sense, and the scale of the book is both somehow very small, and quite large all at the same time. It had a little of everything, which I enjoyed. I also read it incredibly quickly, so I think that's a good sign. If you read Andromeda Strain, also read this.
    • 4/5
      Three-and-a-half stars, so I rounded up. A little too talky, way too many acronyms, a couple of twists telegraphed too easily, and that last elevator ride just beggared belief. Still, it had me turning pages, the science was interesting, and it had most of the feel of the original. So... a fun read, but not a classic.
    • 5/5
      I had my moments with this...not sure if I was going to keep reading...but I'm very glad I did! The author succeeded in pulling it all together and it really was nicely science-fiction-ey...I HOPE! Now I should go back and re-read The Andromeda Strain.
    • 2/5
      It doesn't compare to the best Crichton, but probably matches his weaker books. At times, with its over-the-top enthusiasm, it reminded me of a Crichton/Scott Sigler hybrid. The first half focuses on the characters (and fails), and the second half focuses on an increasingly implausible plot (and fails). It gets pretty ridiculous. The jungle scenes seem to have been written by a New Yorker. Still, it is creative, not what I expected, and fun. > I'm a specialist, but my robots aren't. I brought along a universal speech recognizer and extensive gesture-recognition libraries. What's more, the diagnostic speaker on the drone is now connected to a text-to-speech synthesizer> The expanding structure had created a maze of wreckage that was nearly impenetrable. No matter where she wandered, the connection bars on her satellite phone stubbornly refused to budge
    • 5/5
      I hope that there will be another book in this series. I really loved reading this sequel to a book written many years before. This can be a scary situation to think that the government and scientists might be keeping things like what happened in this story from us. I loved these characters and how this was written. I loved the intrigue throughout. I received a copy of this book from edelweiss for a fair and honest opinion that I gave of my own free will.
    • 3/5
      I loved the original ANDROMEDA STRAIN so was excited when I read about this book. But I was really disappointed. I like stories about viruses out of control, like the original story. But this story was just so totally farfetched I had difficulty getting through it. There are a few chapters that are interesting, but overall I cannot recommend this book.