Half a 100 after Jurassic Park generator Michael Crichton made us fear disease as much asdinosaursandrobots , the authoritative sci - fi novelThe Andromeda Strainis finally getting a continuation . And it ’s coming out this yr .

HarperCollins Publishers announced in apress releasethat the Crichton estate has approved the publication of The Andromeda Evolution , a direct sequel to Crichton ’s 1969 classical “ technothriller . ” The Holy Scripture , which was adapt into a movie in 1971 and a2008 miniserieson A&E , is about a deadly and fast - replicating alien being that ’s unleashed on a Ithiel Town in New Mexico , turning human rip into powder and kill almost everything it reach .

The sequel was written by Daniel H. Wilson , the source of 2011’sRobopocalypse , in collaboration with CrichtonSun LLC , and will explore the return key and resurgence of the lethal Andromeda computer virus . “ As a lifelong fan of Michael Crichton , it ’s been an unconvincing accolade to revisit the iconic world that he created and to go along this risky venture , ” Wilson said in a statement .

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Crichtonpassed away in 2008 , and since then there have been a few posthumous project designed to persist in the worlds and characters he ’s make . For example , in 2011 , Richard Preston completedThe Hot Zone , a novel Crichton was work on at the time of his death . Plus , we ’ve seen the Jurassic Park franchise proceed with Jurassic World , and we ’ve got HBO’sWestworld , soon do to put down its third season .

The Andromeda Evolution will be   released on November 12 .

https://gizmodo.com/9-michael-crichton-sci-fi-movies-that-dont-involve-dino-1831682491

William Duplessie

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