This is the setup for the andromeda strain, released in may 1969. The book tells the story of the wildfire project, an initiative to investigate a mysterious alien organism discovered in arizona. Earthlight By Arthur C Clarke - Art By Gordon C Davies Classic Sci Fi Books Science Fiction Fiction I feel like the ending was kind of a letdown compared to the rest of the book. Andromeda strain book ending . The movie also does a better job of explaining what happens to. Michael crichton’s original novel the andromeda strain was first adapted into a feature film in 1971, and now into a television miniseries from executive producers ridley and tony scott. The airborne life form escapes into the atmosphere, eventually working its way back out into space, where it continues to mutate. And i remembered reading a newbury and hobbes. In both the book and movie versions of the andromeda strain, the name of the unfortunate town struck dead by the mysterious contagion is piedmont, new me...