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| 010 | _a69014731 | ||
| 020 | _a9780060541811 | ||
| 024 | _a53400587 | ||
| 050 | _aPS3553.R48 | ||
| 082 | _a813.54 | ||
| 100 | 1 | _aMichael Crichton | |
| 245 | 1 | _aThe Andromeda Strain | |
| 260 |
_bAvon _c2003 |
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| 300 | _a368 pages | ||
| 520 | _aThe United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere.Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outerfringes of space to "collect organisms and dust for study." One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona.Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont,a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks. | ||
| 650 | _aFantasy | ||
| 999 |
_c12642 _d12642 |
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