"Will glue you to your chair, just as surely as watching the televised walk on the moon... hideously plausible suspense." - Detroit Free Press
"One of the big books of the season...relentlessly suspensful...for a hair-raising experience, read THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN." - Pittsburgh Press
"Brims with authority, moves at white-hot speed. Disconnect the doorbell, take the phone off the hook. Once you start this gripper of a novel, you'll tolerate no interruption." - Buffalo News