Michael Crichton was a phenomenal novelist with a brilliant mind that created the source material for the likes of Jurassic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sequel to Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain to publish "Michael's first benchmark novel, The Andromeda Strain, was ahead of ...

In a small New Mexico town called Piedmont, 66 of its 68 residents lay dead, their bodies seeming to fall right where they stood or sat — in their homes, at the store, in the street. Only two ...

Robert Wise's 1971 adaptation of "The Andromeda Strain" remains a small science-fiction gem, so this two-night formulation -- slightly bloated, mildly entertaining and painfully shot full of adrenalin ...

The classic 1971 sci-fi thriller The Andromeda Strain is still heralded as one of the most influential films (and books) in the genre. The adaptation of Michael Crichton’s beloved novel blended ...

One point that Battlestar Galactica keeps trying to hammer home is “All this has happened before, and will happen again.” With yet another scifi remake on the horizon, they may be more right than they ...

The film’s gripping opener reveals the crash-landing of a government satellite in the rural town of Piedmont, New Mexico. The probe’s mission was to collect samples for possible extraterrestrial ...

Veteran fans of thriller author Michael Crichton may recall that his career kicked into high gear with the 1969 release of a novel entitled "The Andromeda Strain." The book described the impact of a ...

Arguably, one of the problems with recent science fiction narratives is that they invoke more fiction than science. If you think about it, such films as those in the Alien, Matrix, Terminator, Star ...

“If you set out to deliberately exterminate mankind, you couldn’t do better than Andromeda,” says Bill Keene (Ricky Schroder). He knows what he’s talking about, apparently, because he’s not only a ...

Robert Wise's 1971 adaptation of "The Andromeda Strain" remains a small science-fiction gem, so this two-night formulation -- slightly bloated, mildly entertaining and painfully shot full of adrenalin ...