The Andromeda Strain to the upper atmosphere, where the oxygen content is lower, better suiting its growth. The novel's epilogue reveals that a manned spacecraft, "Andros V", was incinerated during atmospheric re-entry, presumably because Andromeda had eaten its tungsten/plastic laminate heat shield and caused it to burn up. Crichton was inspired to write the novel after reading "The IPCRESS File" by Len Deighton while studying in England. Crichton says he was "terrifically impressed" by the book - "a lot of "Andromeda" is traceable to "Ipcress" in terms of trying to create an imaginary world using recogniseable techniques and real people." He wrote the
The File on Devlin review called it "a thriller that thrilled indifferently." The "New York Times" called it "an overstuffed, improbable bit of claptrap without suspense, wit or intelligence." The File on Devlin The File on Devlin is a 1969 American TV film for the "Hallmark Hall of Fame". It was based on a novel by Catherine Gaskin. The novel was published in 1965. It was directed by George Schaefer, who had just directed the feature film "Pendulum". He called the film "an old fashioned spy story with a mysterious disappearance, an old castle, dark corridors and secret passages, great fun." Elizabeth Ashley made