I couldn’t put it down, I read it all in a morning. I’m a nurse with a background in science and loved the science in the book. This book read like it was written now. I couldn’t believe it was written in 68, I finally looked at the publication date after I finished it.
Thanks Mike for bringing back Michael Crichton to my attention. In high school, I read many of his books and loved them. I haven't read Andromeda Strain and after hearing you, now I want to give it a read. I'm looking at my library for it. Thanks so much!
I've never read the book, but I saw the movie when it first came out and loved it. I just re-watched it a few days ago, and it's still one of my favorite "hard science" Sci-Fi movies. I'm more a fan of fantasy, Space Opera, soft Sci-Fi movies, but pride of place will always go to "The Andromedra Strain" movie of 1971. I loved reading recently about the work of Douglas Trumbull on the special effects, and how he creates computer displays and 3D displays that wouldn't exist until decades later, and they look so real. I don't find this film slow or boring at all. I love how it shows how real scientific research works.
Excellent review, I'm almost finished this one. Glad to see you didn't throw in any spoilers. You have a very rational and logical outlook. It's refreshing to see. Easily one of my favourite channels on UA-cam. Muchos gracias!
I LOVE the 1971 movie version of this book, but I was still surprised that I actually like the movie better than the book! The only qualm I have with the film version is that they changed Dr. Levitt into a female character, BUT the actress was so AWESOME and stole the show that I don't mind at all. The book is good but SO DRY compared to the film which stayed faithful but added much needed touches of warmth and humor.
So, I have forcibly adopted the owner of the local thrift bookstore as my novel grandfather. We have similar tastes and bonded over Stephen King. He suggested Sphere by Crichton to me a couple weeks ago. More than that- he GAVE me the book as a gift, 100% sure that I would love it. I devoured that novel in less than a day. Sphere is the biggest mind warp I have ever read, I rented the movie the next morning just because I wanted MORE. I freaking loved it. I guess I'll tap into this read along of yours, I do want way more of his writing in my life now. But PLEASE GET TO SPHERE QUICKLY, I NEED MORE PEOPLE TO DISCUSS IT WITH. 😁😅 (And I gave my gifted copy back because more people need to read this story!!!!! It was gone when I went back to the store yesterday, I hope its new owner loves it as much as I did ❤)
I re-read Andromeda Strain last year when I found a sequel had been written (The Andromeda Evolution), which was written in similar tone/vibe to a Crichton novel. The sequel was a quick and enjoyable read in the same "universe".
My favorite book of his. I read it in highschool, recommend to me by my English teacher in my freshman year. I've read what I could that Crichton wrote.
Great book and great movie . Crichton is one of my favorite authors. His books are always so interesting and i love how many times he would site the scientific truth before or after the story.
This one was one of my favorite reads of his. I remember ripping through the pages they turned so fast. And that ladder moment... :) A lot of fun with egg-head flair.
I commented in the Discord that I felt the book was about... well, what you said much better in the opening voice over, reading the book excerpts! I enjoyed it. Science!
I read this for the first time about a year ago. One thing you didn't mention that I loved was the opening scene. That thrilling sort of cliffhanger beginning definitely became a staple of his writing. I'll have to watch the original movie now, too.
I read this book for the first time about 35 years ago or so and really loved it. Last year I reread it for the first time and found it was just as good then as it was the first time. I am ashamed to admit that I have not read all of his books yet, so I will be following your read along and especially for those ones that I missed. Thank you 😊
Like a lot of people, I read a few Crichton books in high school and I enjoyed them. However this book wasn’t one of them, and now I feel like I missed out. It was a bit on the dry side, but I throughly enjoyed this book. Now I can’t wait to see what other gems I missed from the Crichton library. Thanks Mike for suggesting this read a long.
I saw the movie when I was about 10-13 and then read the book. I re-listened to the book last year and it still is a good story. It is a product of its time, but the technology was advanced.
I love this book so much. I discovered Michael Crichton after I saw Jurassic Park jand my Dad said to read the book so I did...then he gave me The Andromeda Strain and I was hooked. He continued giving me a steady stream of his Michael Crichton books until I hd a job and could buy my own. My Mom liked his medical books but I couldn’t get into them. I don’t think I ever read the Great Train Robbery and I DNF’d Pirate Lattitudes not too long ago but other than that I have loved every single one of his books! I definitely like the science-y ones better than the political ones, but they are all so good! I watched the movie last night after finishing the book also...I was annoyed at the length of time it took to do things that took a second to read in the book...such as how long it took to get out an animal cage. But yeah, aside from a few minor details like the number of people living in Piedmont or the number of minutes Hall had to deactivate the bomb...super accurate. I also liked that they replaced Levitt a woman. Looking back I do feel like the end was a bit rushed and “convenient” but a few little details added at the end of the book about mysteriously crashing space vehicles kind of made it feel a bit more valid. I’m so happy you’re doing this re-read Mike! Not that I needed a reason to re-read Crichton...but apparently I did because I would never have thought of it. I look forward to seeing what all the Crichton Newbies think!
I absolutely loved the "13th Warrior" based on Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead" book. Thanks for reminding me about Andromeda Strain man. Def. have to read this!!!
@@mikesbookreviews Actually I remember reading Eaters of the Dead years after watching the movie and I honestly wasn't into it at all. I felt the prose was so dry and devoid of artistic style. Felt like I'm reading a scientific paper relating raw facts.
I haven't read one of his books in years. I poured through this, JP and Sphere when the JP movie came which would have my last year of grade school. I Found book slow readying because I tried to absorb the scientific read outs and graphs but I found it all so fascinating. For the most part not even "proper" sf like Clark and Asminov the technical stuff in them. I did love this book like I did Sphere and JP but I still really enjoyed it.
Mary Shelley ("that" Mary Shelley) wrote a "plague wipes out man" novel titled "The Last Man." One of the more interesting ones is George R. Stewart's "Earth Abides."
As someone who actually doesn’t read a lot of sci-fi books or fantasy (I’m trying to expand my reading from thrillers and murder mysteries), I loved the book. I enjoyed all the science. It wasn’t difficult to follow or understand, and it was definitely a page turner. If all of his books are like this, the books might be a good segway from typically reading mysteries into sci-fi. And coming from a generation where technology has literally been a part of my life since early childhood, it’s fascinating to read how advance his tech was in the book. I’m looking forward to the upcoming reads from him. I may even have to sneak in some of his other books along the way.
I made a resolution to read some sci-fi this year and this book was a great way to start on a genre I tend to ignore. Crichton may have written this like a science report, but the story was fast paced enough I couldn’t put it down. I’ll def be checking out more of his books. I’m disappointed With myself that I didn’t check out additional books when I read JP or Congo.
At first i wasnt interested in reading this but then you started mentioning about how it talks about amino acids and all that cool stuff and the science nerd in me came out and now i gotta read this. Im adding it to my to-buy list 😂
I loved the read! It was a fantastic thriller that managed to continually be thoroughly engaging even in its science and tech speak. However my main complaint is such a spoiler heavy one. [SPOILER] I hated the fact that several times throughout the book, it kept spoiling the fact that everyone makes it out alive. There are several passages in the book that say something like "Weeks later, [character] would mention that..." or "[character] would go on to say in a later report that...". Why would it continually spoil for you that they make it out alive? Because come the climax, when Hall is fighting for his life to cut off the atomic bomb self destruction mechanism, fighting every inch of his body to make it to the controls...as well written in tension as it is, there is none, because just a couple chapters before the book literally told me they make it out just fine and dandy. Otherwise a great thrilling read that for some reason can't help but spoil itself for you.
This was the only other Michael Crichton I read after he got my interest with Jurassic Park. Tried Disclosure and Congo and failed on both, but that was back in middle school maybe I should try again.
I enjoyed that read. The only thing, I was disappointed that we didn’t get to see the Odd Man hypothesis in action. Instead of a three minute internal debate, there was just a (albeit exciting) race against time to take the necessary action of turning the key.
It was a good read, I don't think it's among his best cause I'm pretty sure he writes more interesting characters later on - I got what he was doing with the Odd man, and Stone's subtle arrogance and Leavitt's insecurity but it took awhile to come to the surface. There's always a certain dry element to Chrchton, with diving into the complexity of the government/military/science lab response to something, and (based on my distant memory) it's kind of at it's driest here. Somehow I find Lord of the Rings easier, lol. It kept me reading this very far 20-some years ago when I was first into Chrchton - I flew through Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere - but this year I pushed through that discomfort and enjoyed it. I even liked the slow decent into the underground, like Dante's Hell, it builds up tension and you feel the weight of what they built which traps them more then it protects. You can see in this story the Chaos philosophy beautifully expounded on by Ian Malcom, that whatever forward thinking precautions we take - though they often avert disasters - there will be something that's missed, or over reached, and life will...find a way! And it won't always be as bad as it first appeared to us, but our fear can make it much much worse!
My dream writer pairup would be Crichton and King,I am not sure if King has a good SciFi thriller to his bibliography or can 11/22/63( My Top 5 King book) be his closest to a SciFi thriller🙄.Just got Jurassic Park and enjoying it😁.
Are there any Crichton books that have a bit more action and are less dry and heavy on the science details? Because I had to force myself to finish The Andromeda Strain, it was like reading a biology/chemistry textbook with a bit of a story woven into it, and I got sleepy after only a few pages every time I picked it up. Now I dread picking up the next book in March...
I had only read Jurassic Park and Congo up to this point. I loved Andromeda Strain. I'm so glad I decided to add your Crichton list to my TBR. I actually found the whole clearance process so interesting and the slowness of it made me anxious (in a good way) but never bogged down. And strangely, I keep wondering what the random secretary thought when she saw Hall at the end. Like did she know what they were working on, or did she only know her small scope of duties? Was she terrified because she understood, or simply so confused and shocked at the sight of him? Anyway....I loved it.
She was terrified because he had come out of the central core where uninfected humans weren't supposed to come from - Hall wasn't following the imperative procedure of the station that had been drilled into them. She thought he was caring Andromeda - which he was, but they didn't think to inform all the technicians that it had mutated - not that there was much time. She knew they were about to go nuclear so she might have thought being infected was a moot point and showed him some compassion, but if she had realized he was trying to disarm the nuke, I suppose she might have done something heroic and sat on him. Really, I think Stone dropped the ball here, he could have sent a message upstairs so that someone could help him, but regardless, the sanctity of their precautions were totally working against them.
Totally inappropriate time and place for this, but it took me 11 Dresden Files books to just now realize that Murphy being a cop with the demeanor she has must be a Robocop reference and my mind is slightly blown
My biggest gripe with Andromeda Strain was how it kept killing the suspense by spoiling what was going to happen to the main characters over and over again.
The thing about the Odd Man Hypothesis that struck me is that it is a very circular argument. A bunch of single men decide what the "right" answer to a problem is, and then test a bunch of people to see who comes up with the "right" answer, and--big surprise--it turns out to be single men.
I've read every one of Crichton's books, but have DNF'ed this one twice. For some reason I can't get through it. The science is too dry or something. I don't know, man. Just doesn't work for me. I love the rest of his works, though.
@@mikesbookreviews The word hypothesis doesn't imply fictionality. The way you said it made it sound as if you thought it was an actual idea people took seriously, rather than a made up plot point.
I couldn’t put it down, I read it all in a morning. I’m a nurse with a background in science and loved the science in the book. This book read like it was written now. I couldn’t believe it was written in 68, I finally looked at the publication date after I finished it.
Crichton always seemed ahead of the curve.
Thanks Mike for bringing back Michael Crichton to my attention. In high school, I read many of his books and loved them. I haven't read Andromeda Strain and after hearing you, now I want to give it a read. I'm looking at my library for it. Thanks so much!
For sure! Good to see you again.
I've never read the book, but I saw the movie when it first came out and loved it. I just re-watched it a few days ago, and it's still one of my favorite "hard science" Sci-Fi movies. I'm more a fan of fantasy, Space Opera, soft Sci-Fi movies, but pride of place will always go to "The Andromedra Strain" movie of 1971. I loved reading recently about the work of Douglas Trumbull on the special effects, and how he creates computer displays and 3D displays that wouldn't exist until decades later, and they look so real. I don't find this film slow or boring at all. I love how it shows how real scientific research works.
Excellent review, I'm almost finished this one. Glad to see you didn't throw in any spoilers.
You have a very rational and logical outlook. It's refreshing to see. Easily one of my favourite channels on UA-cam. Muchos gracias!
Thanks!
My first Michael Crichton and i enjoyed it. Just ordered the next two books.
Awesome!
I LOVE the 1971 movie version of this book, but I was still surprised that I actually like the movie better than the book! The only qualm I have with the film version is that they changed Dr. Levitt into a female character, BUT the actress was so AWESOME and stole the show that I don't mind at all. The book is good but SO DRY compared to the film which stayed faithful but added much needed touches of warmth and humor.
So, I have forcibly adopted the owner of the local thrift bookstore as my novel grandfather. We have similar tastes and bonded over Stephen King.
He suggested Sphere by Crichton to me a couple weeks ago. More than that- he GAVE me the book as a gift, 100% sure that I would love it.
I devoured that novel in less than a day. Sphere is the biggest mind warp I have ever read, I rented the movie the next morning just because I wanted MORE. I freaking loved it.
I guess I'll tap into this read along of yours, I do want way more of his writing in my life now. But PLEASE GET TO SPHERE QUICKLY, I NEED MORE PEOPLE TO DISCUSS IT WITH. 😁😅
(And I gave my gifted copy back because more people need to read this story!!!!! It was gone when I went back to the store yesterday, I hope its new owner loves it as much as I did ❤)
I'm currently rereading It but now you've got me messed up wanting to reread more Crichton.
Mission accomplished
I re-read Andromeda Strain last year when I found a sequel had been written (The Andromeda Evolution), which was written in similar tone/vibe to a Crichton novel. The sequel was a quick and enjoyable read in the same "universe".
My favorite book of his. I read it in highschool, recommend to me by my English teacher in my freshman year. I've read what I could that Crichton wrote.
You should finish the reread! I’ve read andromeda and terminal man so far and am excited for the rest of Crichton’s work.
Great book and great movie . Crichton is one of my favorite authors. His books are always so interesting and i love how many times he would site the scientific truth before or after the story.
Hey just wanted to say thanks, I’m now a Michael Crichton fan. I also enjoy your vids man keep up the good work.
This one was one of my favorite reads of his. I remember ripping through the pages they turned so fast. And that ladder moment... :) A lot of fun with egg-head flair.
Actual breath-holding.
Just read it after seeing the movie multiple times, both are excellent and still relevant.
Loved the music in the beginning. Very Deus Ex.
Thank you for the Michael Crichton content!!! He’s one of the best, if not the best techno sci-fi author! Awesome review!
thank you for this great video
Thanks for watching!
I commented in the Discord that I felt the book was about... well, what you said much better in the opening voice over, reading the book excerpts! I enjoyed it.
Science!
I read this for the first time about a year ago. One thing you didn't mention that I loved was the opening scene. That thrilling sort of cliffhanger beginning definitely became a staple of his writing. I'll have to watch the original movie now, too.
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I read this book for the first time about 35 years ago or so and really loved it. Last year I reread it for the first time and found it was just as good then as it was the first time. I am ashamed to admit that I have not read all of his books yet, so I will be following your read along and especially for those ones that I missed. Thank you 😊
Like a lot of people, I read a few Crichton books in high school and I enjoyed them. However this book wasn’t one of them, and now I feel like I missed out. It was a bit on the dry side, but I throughly enjoyed this book. Now I can’t wait to see what other gems I missed from the Crichton library. Thanks Mike for suggesting this read a long.
I saw the movie when I was about 10-13 and then read the book. I re-listened to the book last year and it still is a good story. It is a product of its time, but the technology was advanced.
I love this book so much. I discovered Michael Crichton after I saw Jurassic Park jand my Dad said to read the book so I did...then he gave me The Andromeda Strain and I was hooked. He continued giving me a steady stream of his Michael Crichton books until I hd a job and could buy my own. My Mom liked his medical books but I couldn’t get into them. I don’t think I ever read the Great Train Robbery and I DNF’d Pirate Lattitudes not too long ago but other than that I have loved every single one of his books! I definitely like the science-y ones better than the political ones, but they are all so good!
I watched the movie last night after finishing the book also...I was annoyed at the length of time it took to do things that took a second to read in the book...such as how long it took to get out an animal cage. But yeah, aside from a few minor details like the number of people living in Piedmont or the number of minutes Hall had to deactivate the bomb...super accurate. I also liked that they replaced Levitt a woman. Looking back I do feel like the end was a bit rushed and “convenient” but a few little details added at the end of the book about mysteriously crashing space vehicles kind of made it feel a bit more valid.
I’m so happy you’re doing this re-read Mike! Not that I needed a reason to re-read Crichton...but apparently I did because I would never have thought of it. I look forward to seeing what all the Crichton Newbies think!
Sounds like you had an excellent upbringing. I hope to share his books with my kids one day.
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I'll be joining your crichton re-read. I've enjoyed this one a lot..finished it in just 2 days.
OMG Swan Song... Loved it!!
I've never read a science report that was so fun to read. I'll read more of his books for sure 👍
I absolutely loved the "13th Warrior" based on Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead" book. Thanks for reminding me about Andromeda Strain man. Def. have to read this!!!
In my memory I wasn’t mad when I saw 13th Warrior so it wasn’t a horrible adaptation. Looking forward to revisiting it after I finish the re-read.
@@mikesbookreviews Actually I remember reading Eaters of the Dead years after watching the movie and I honestly wasn't into it at all. I felt the prose was so dry and devoid of artistic style. Felt like I'm reading a scientific paper relating raw facts.
I haven't read one of his books in years. I poured through this, JP and Sphere when the JP movie came which would have my last year of grade school. I Found book slow readying because I tried to absorb the scientific read outs and graphs but I found it all so fascinating. For the most part not even "proper" sf like Clark and Asminov the technical stuff in them. I did love this book like I did Sphere and JP but I still really enjoyed it.
I’d put Sphere and JP above it, too.
Mary Shelley ("that" Mary Shelley) wrote a "plague wipes out man" novel titled "The Last Man." One of the more interesting ones is George R. Stewart's "Earth Abides."
I was just thinking about this book LOL! Great timing !
Will be going on the Michael Crichton journey with you, but with a delay. Thanks for that. I really think this author will clik for me.
I was piqued when I saw the film version on TCM the other day. Very cool review. Now I own the book and have started reading.
I first read this book about twenty years ago. It's one of my favorites by him.
As someone who actually doesn’t read a lot of sci-fi books or fantasy (I’m trying to expand my reading from thrillers and murder mysteries), I loved the book. I enjoyed all the science. It wasn’t difficult to follow or understand, and it was definitely a page turner. If all of his books are like this, the books might be a good segway from typically reading mysteries into sci-fi. And coming from a generation where technology has literally been a part of my life since early childhood, it’s fascinating to read how advance his tech was in the book. I’m looking forward to the upcoming reads from him. I may even have to sneak in some of his other books along the way.
That intro music is top-notch 👍
Dude! You're a fast reader. I'm only about 1/3 of the way through the book and digging it
Hope you enjoy!
Liked it, some of the science went over my head but its alright, I don't mind. Ill be there for the next one!
Awesome!
I’ll have to check it out.
Michael was a remote viewer. Did you know this? Super interesting to say the least.
I just got this book for 1.99 mass paperback at my local goodwill book store. So happy to have this so I can read it
The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and Sphere are my fave novels.
Does anyone know why Mike's Twitter isn't showing up?
Because I deleted it. You can join the Discord if you miss my Lord of the Rings memes.
@@mikesbookreviews thank you went to Twitter to say I started the last wheel of time book just want to say thank you for showing me the series.
I made a resolution to read some sci-fi this year and this book was a great way to start on a genre I tend to ignore. Crichton may have written this like a science report, but the story was fast paced enough I couldn’t put it down. I’ll def be checking out more of his books. I’m disappointed With myself that I didn’t check out additional books when I read JP or Congo.
I read The Andromeda Strain in third grade; it remains one of my favorite novels.
At first i wasnt interested in reading this but then you started mentioning about how it talks about amino acids and all that cool stuff and the science nerd in me came out and now i gotta read this. Im adding it to my to-buy list 😂
Crichton was the king of the science nerds.
Read Jurassic Park two summers ago and liked it, super excited to give this one a try next!
That miniseries is how I was exposed to Andromeda Stain. It got me pretty excited for the source material.
Woof. I’m hoping you like the book better ha ha
Try the 1971 film...a million times better than that miniseries!
Timeline was real good too
Agree!
I loved the read! It was a fantastic thriller that managed to continually be thoroughly engaging even in its science and tech speak. However my main complaint is such a spoiler heavy one.
[SPOILER]
I hated the fact that several times throughout the book, it kept spoiling the fact that everyone makes it out alive. There are several passages in the book that say something like "Weeks later, [character] would mention that..." or "[character] would go on to say in a later report that...". Why would it continually spoil for you that they make it out alive? Because come the climax, when Hall is fighting for his life to cut off the atomic bomb self destruction mechanism, fighting every inch of his body to make it to the controls...as well written in tension as it is, there is none, because just a couple chapters before the book literally told me they make it out just fine and dandy.
Otherwise a great thrilling read that for some reason can't help but spoil itself for you.
This was the only other Michael Crichton I read after he got my interest with Jurassic Park. Tried Disclosure and Congo and failed on both, but that was back in middle school maybe I should try again.
The highest of recommends
Now that I watched this video I want to re-read the book.
I enjoyed that read. The only thing, I was disappointed that we didn’t get to see the Odd Man hypothesis in action. Instead of a three minute internal debate, there was just a (albeit exciting) race against time to take the necessary action of turning the key.
Whoa! You read Swan Song?? I've never heard you mention McCammon on this channel before
I haven’t. I just know the synopsis from all of the recommendations in my video on The Stand.
@@mikesbookreviews ah, okay. You got me excited for a moment 😁
It was a good read, I don't think it's among his best cause I'm pretty sure he writes more interesting characters later on - I got what he was doing with the Odd man, and Stone's subtle arrogance and Leavitt's insecurity but it took awhile to come to the surface. There's always a certain dry element to Chrchton, with diving into the complexity of the government/military/science lab response to something, and (based on my distant memory) it's kind of at it's driest here. Somehow I find Lord of the Rings easier, lol. It kept me reading this very far 20-some years ago when I was first into Chrchton - I flew through Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere - but this year I pushed through that discomfort and enjoyed it. I even liked the slow decent into the underground, like Dante's Hell, it builds up tension and you feel the weight of what they built which traps them more then it protects.
You can see in this story the Chaos philosophy beautifully expounded on by Ian Malcom, that whatever forward thinking precautions we take - though they often avert disasters - there will be something that's missed, or over reached, and life will...find a way! And it won't always be as bad as it first appeared to us, but our fear can make it much much worse!
For sure. As a debut it’s fantastic. But it’s nowhere near his best character work.
What programs do you use to create/ edit your videos? That into was pretty awesome.
Wondershare Filmora
Also picked up micro by him as well I hope it's decent.
My dream writer pairup would be Crichton and King,I am not sure if King has a good SciFi thriller to his bibliography or can 11/22/63( My Top 5 King book) be his closest to a SciFi thriller🙄.Just got Jurassic Park and enjoying it😁.
Are there any Crichton books that have a bit more action and are less dry and heavy on the science details? Because I had to force myself to finish The Andromeda Strain, it was like reading a biology/chemistry textbook with a bit of a story woven into it, and I got sleepy after only a few pages every time I picked it up. Now I dread picking up the next book in March...
I had only read Jurassic Park and Congo up to this point. I loved Andromeda Strain. I'm so glad I decided to add your Crichton list to my TBR. I actually found the whole clearance process so interesting and the slowness of it made me anxious (in a good way) but never bogged down.
And strangely, I keep wondering what the random secretary thought when she saw Hall at the end. Like did she know what they were working on, or did she only know her small scope of duties? Was she terrified because she understood, or simply so confused and shocked at the sight of him?
Anyway....I loved it.
She was terrified because he had come out of the central core where uninfected humans weren't supposed to come from - Hall wasn't following the imperative procedure of the station that had been drilled into them. She thought he was caring Andromeda - which he was, but they didn't think to inform all the technicians that it had mutated - not that there was much time. She knew they were about to go nuclear so she might have thought being infected was a moot point and showed him some compassion, but if she had realized he was trying to disarm the nuke, I suppose she might have done something heroic and sat on him. Really, I think Stone dropped the ball here, he could have sent a message upstairs so that someone could help him, but regardless, the sanctity of their precautions were totally working against them.
@@MagusMarquillin ok. Makes sense. Thanks
@@knittymama570 That's how I read it anyway. Like Mike said, there wasn't much of an Epilogue to flesh these things out..
I loved this book. Really enjoyed the old film but thought the newer film was terrible with lots of problems to it.
Totally inappropriate time and place for this, but it took me 11 Dresden Files books to just now realize that Murphy being a cop with the demeanor she has must be a Robocop reference and my mind is slightly blown
My biggest gripe with Andromeda Strain was how it kept killing the suspense by spoiling what was going to happen to the main characters over and over again.
Boook 3 of dresden files is good
The stand and the andromeda strain are not books similar to what is happening now.... that book is called 1984
I haven't the book and yet and already reviewed it. It is impossible to keep up with you :D
This is a really quick read.
@@mikesbookreviews At least I know now I have to start The Terminal Man on the 1st to be on track with you
The thing about the Odd Man Hypothesis that struck me is that it is a very circular argument. A bunch of single men decide what the "right" answer to a problem is, and then test a bunch of people to see who comes up with the "right" answer, and--big surprise--it turns out to be single men.
Did you read the hot zone?
Aw man, this was one of his only books I wasn’t 100% into. Just wasn’t for me. Read it in 8th grade and immediately read Jurassic Park again after 😆
I've read every one of Crichton's books, but have DNF'ed this one twice. For some reason I can't get through it. The science is too dry or something. I don't know, man. Just doesn't work for me. I love the rest of his works, though.
Yooooo
The odd man hypothesis isn't real, Mike.
Thanks, professor. This is why I said I’d like to hear a lecture from Mr. Crichton about this HYPOTHESIS.
@@mikesbookreviews The word hypothesis doesn't imply fictionality. The way you said it made it sound as if you thought it was an actual idea people took seriously, rather than a made up plot point.
I like the idea and it’s something I’ve pondered many times. Obviously I know a hypothesis isn’t real.
Hate to be "that person", but are you going to start interrupting your videos with little silly clips like Daniel Greene? Hope not.