What really spooked me were the revelations on the ultimate mission of the Scoops: nations realized they didn’t have powerful enough biological weapons, so they decided to go to space and collect foreign bacteria, bring them back to Earth, and use them to make “more satisfactory” biological weapons.

I like your idea that not specifying when this took place allows readers of different periods to relate. covid-19 are interesting as well – from our experiences, we know that by the time this city is placed on lockdown, it will have spread… Since we are getting specific with computer limitations here, I’m not sure what the final intent of the setting is yet, but it does feel like it could be now. However, there’s also a lack of mention for the cultural events going on at the time of publication, which I believe was intentional in order to emphasize the timelessness of this story and its conflict. The only thing that exposed the time period for me were the references to more dated computer functionality. Yes, I did! Aside from the dated nature of the computer functionality, I was beginning to question when this book really took place. Did you have that feeling? For what particular aspects? I will share how spooky it sounds to me, when you compare the why of the Scoop satellites, and the possible origin of the current Covid-19… As early as the foreword, it struck me how contemporary the book sounds to me. Obviously, our Q&A contain spoilers, so first read the book sections before coming here 😉Īnd today, here are our answers to my questions on Day 1 and Day 2:ġ. You will see both our answers, feel free to add yours in a comment there. If you missed them, please see what pre-read questions Julie Anna had prepared for our buddy-read of The Andromeda Strain.

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