Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, an excerpt from the beginning of The Andromeda Strain. In part: “A man with binoculars. That is how it all began; with a man standing by the side of the road, on a crest overlooking a small Arizona town, on a winter night.” Signed at the conclusion in black ink by Crichton. In very fine condition. RRAuction COA.