Modelowanie pandemii w narracjach spekulatywnych: «„Andromeda” znaczy śmierć» (1969) Michaela Crichtona i „The Andromeda Evolution” (2019) Daniela H. Wilsona

Covid-19 pandemic has brought public attention to digital methods of modeling contagion, which have been used not only predict the future infection, but also assess its scope impact on population and chances for achieving herd immunity. As a result new outbreak narratives come into being in algorithmic data processing gains agency shaping dynamics contagion. His unprecedented reliance tools decidedly changed way we think about epidemic, conceptualized now as phenomenon an equal extent is shaped by natural, cultural technological factors. He paper argues that major outlet these metaphors Milton Singer termed syndemic, are speculative combining fiction with scientific medical well insights functioning apparatus. aspect current provides good vantage point taking closer look at handful bring foreground relationship between social By reading Michael Crichton’s technothriller The Andromeda Strain (1969) sequel, Daniel H. Wilson’s Evolution (2019), I intend demonstrate how fabulations engages contests contagion modeling, bringing play other forms non-scientiIc knowledge practices survival.