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Book Reviews
Pre-internet books have few, if any, mainstream press reviews online. See Amazon and Barnes & Noble for helpful customer reviews.
The Andromeda Strain is a reading windfall—compelling, memorable, superbly executed. Everything hangs on plot, and the plot is inspired. Which means that the book probably cannot last as "literature." But Crichton's narrative line is so strong, and his resources for sustaining it are so abundant, that The Andromeda Strain can't miss popular success. It's a sure best seller. And if one judges the book by the standards of its intentions...it achieves something important. It transmits intelligence. It expands our knowledge of the world we live in.
Webster Schott - New York Times (6-8-1969)