[beppe]

Originally Posted by cearbhallain

Has anyone actually read Andromeda Strain? That movie used to terrify me as a child, but I've never read it.

The book was right at the beginning of his career. And it is very good. The beginning of a genre. Now it will appear simply outdated.


Andromeda

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I came to know Crichton through Andromeda strain. I just started working at the uni when the Italian publisher needed someone to check the translation of the computer jargon. At that time computers were rather rare, and completely extraneous to every day life. When this was happening it was pre pre pre everything. So I read it both in Italian and in English and made a little money with it. There was nothing like Crichton around at that time. The most technological thing was Jan Fleming James Bond.

13 th warrior

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I read the 13th warrior when it came out in 76. The title is Eaters of the Dead. It was a good read, not so much the walhalla stuff, but the arab part, that is the beginning of the trip. The movie is much nicer. I agree with Ea.

I have more about Crichton's books made into movies. I will write this up and post it in a while. More than a promise it is a menace