Bookquarium

Do you know how many times I've spelled "Crichton" wrong when trying to help library patrons find his books? Turns out it's a big deal if you put the H before the R, as far as finding his books on the shelves goes. Today, I'll be talking at you about one of the great pieces of thriller/science fiction literature, The Andromeda Strain.  And how, uh... I thought it was maybe a little bit boring?? I really enjoy Crichton's work. He's fast paced, he has a tendency to write tropes I really like (including this one - killer alien plague that threatens to wipe out all of humanity? I'll take two.) He's very edge of your seat, and seems to get the science at least in the ballpark. (I say seems because I don't know a photon from a hole in the ground, and wouldn't know to start fact checking if I wanted to.) To that end, I will say that I found the initial people dying horribly bits super interesting. The whole premise was interesting! It was  v...