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“Cliffhanging action sequences.”
New York Times
New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear.
When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge.
From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed adventure, leading readers on an edge-of-your-seat ride while offering up a thought-provoking commentary on the issue of global warming. A deftly-crafted novel, in true Crichton style, State of Fear is an exciting, stunning tale that not only entertains and educates, but will make you think.
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A Bold Novel showing the flaws in the panic of global warming
This book was riveting. The narrator was excellent as well. Crichton became unpopular just by writing this book bringing out many of the factual lies and errors of the "panic over global warming and climate change" movement. He really had to have guts to write this one. But he was compelled by the facts.
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Some reviewers have commented positively about Michael Crichton's State of Fear not only as a source of information about the science (and junk science) of global warming, but also as a novel. On the latter point, I must disagree emphatically.
The novel does have the skeleton of a decent plot, but it is fleshed out so ineptly that at times it is difficult to discern. I have never read a novel more in need of editing. There are so many loose ends left untied at the end that upon finishing the book you feel as though your copy must be missing several pages of denouement. All of the romantic interests go nowhere--although perhaps for a good reason, since the main protagonist is hardly an inspiring, masculine hero.
In fact, nearly all of the characters are among the least interesting that Crichton has ever created. The few of them who are truly heroic are characterized so thinly that they are not really characters at all, but simply vehicles for Crichton to deliver scientific facts, and on occasion perform Bond-like feats of espionage when Crichton apparently remembers that there is a plot that he must resolve somehow.
Entire chapters (and even characters) could (and should) have been cut without adversely affecting the plot, theme, or characterization of the novel. Some chapters consisted of the protagonist dealing with characters (such as the humanitarian's wife) who had absolutely nothing to do with the plot, and who were entirely absent for the rest of the story.
While the theme of State of Fear is far superior to much of Crichton's earlier work, its implementation is vastly inferior. As a novel, I enjoyed Jurassic Park more than State of Fear (though I disagree with the ideas presented in the former).
My recommendation: don't make the mistake I did and waste your money purchasing State of Fear. Instead, just go to the library and photocopy its bibliography.
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