The Andromeda Evolution
by Daniel H Wilson
thriller
copyright 2019
part read in October 2022
rated 4/10: bad but could be read
The front cover clearly indicates that this book is rubbish. In big bold letters the cover says, Michael Crichton.
yet Crichton had absolutely nothing to do with this book. he's dead.
what we have is a follow-up, trying to be a techno thriller. Managing to be a weak farce.
A century ago the city scientists would have crashed into deepest darkest Africa, to be guided and saved by Tarzan.
today they are thrown into deepest darkest South America. to be met by a native boy... I've given up reading but I'm guessing that he will guide them and save them.
meanwhile, the Andromeda Strain has mutated. in a ludicrous fashion.
and at last, one good point from this book. An interesting explanation of Andromeda's possible origins.
that's one point. there are many more points of arrant stupidity. including the inclusion in the top secret US team of a Chinese communist soldier. or spy. Good grief.
The overweight unfit computer expert carries drones. in his backpack he also carries a drone recharging station. what, a tonne of batteries? perhaps a diesel generator? no way.
the original book determined that Andromeda eats energy and creates matter. so a nuclear blast will only feed it. yet we are told that all traces were destroyed by incineration... and a gas fire is not energy?
now the military is once again considering nuclear cleansing. will they ever learn? Will it work? definitely not.
regardless, the military genius goes for advice. to a woman with a degenerative disease so why would she care about a new threat to her life. she is in a space station so there is little chance that she will be affected. I can't remember whether she had any expertise. perhaps she read the first book?
It doesn't matter. her advice is... oh, just leave it alone.
at this point I can't stand any more.
cliche and stereotype are no substitute for plot.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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