Constant C Productions (crichton-official.com) (1980). «MichaelCrichton.com | Andromeda Strain»(en inglés). Archivado desde el original el 17 de septiembre de 2008. Consultado el 30 de noviembre de 2008. «In the 1980s, Tom Clancy began to refer to Michael as the father of the techno-thriller, and the term has stuck. Michael points to a strong tradition of technical thrillers that preceded his own writing: Peter George's Red Alert[...]».
Constant C Productions (crichton-official.com) (1980). «MichaelCrichton.com | Andromeda Strain»(en inglés). Archivado desde el original el 17 de septiembre de 2008. Consultado el 30 de noviembre de 2008. «In the 1980s, Tom Clancy began to refer to Michael as the father of the techno-thriller, and the term has stuck. Michael points to a strong tradition of technical thrillers that preceded his own writing: Peter George's Red Alert[...]».