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	State of Fear Michael Crichton, 2004 - 624 pages average customer review:based on 1272 reviews view larger image
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In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor.

In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications.

In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea.

And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.

Thus begins Michael Crichton's exciting and provocative technothriller, State of Fear. Only Michael Crichton's unique ability to blend science fact and pulse-pounding fiction could bring such disparate elements to a heart-stopping conclusion.

This is Michael Crichton's most wide-ranging thriller. State of Fear takes the reader from the glaciers of Iceland to the volcanoes of Antarctica, from the Arizona desert to the deadly jungles of the Solomon Islands, from the streets of Paris to the beaches of Los Angeles. The novel races forward, taking the reader on a rollercoaster thrill ride, all the while keeping the brain in high gear. Gripping and thought-provoking, State of Fear is Michael Crichton at his very best.

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Very Enjoyable...

After just finishing "State of Fear," I found the book to be very enjoyable. Michael Crichton, as always, does a phenomenal job of educating the reader about current issues, while using real-life data to support his view.

In this book, it's largely about global warming and its affect on various environmental issues. Particularly, it's about an organization known as NERF that's sole goal is to help the environment. As is typical with organizations like this, the bureaucracy causes the organization to require significant funds to make a difference. Thus, requiring, as in the book, wealthy individuals to make contributions.

Regardless, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It's very fast paced, and a hard book to put down. Hard to imagine I read a 600 page book as quickly as I did. Michael Crichton does a good job building characters and leading the reader through the complicated, well researched road.

While some may be disappointed in the overall topic of the book, maybe look at it merely as a science fiction book. No doubt that's not how he meant it to be, but by taking the book as it is (a work of fiction) I'm sure you'll find the book to be highly enjoyable. I certainly did.

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A wake-up call for those who have been fooled by junk science.

Those who promote global warming as a fact need to get their facts straight. The information provided in this book is accurate and the fact that a lot of the information has now been removed from public access (as described in the book) should be enough to make anybody think long and hard before subscribing to the current politically correct view.

On global warming the science is far from settled. Many of the sceptics are leaders in their fields and the current smear campaign is despicable.

Who would you rather trust, the people who hide the data that doesn't agree with their pet theory or agenda or the people who are open and share all of their data?

Remember that the IPCC findings were funded by the UN. What else has the UN done well so that you are so adamant in supporting them.

The science used to present man made global warming as the correct theory has been thoroughly debunked. Test have shown that none of the computer models used were capable of predicting the current climate when applied to data taken as little as ten years ago and yet people still believe these same models can tell us what the climate will be at the end of this century.

Calling scientists names like "climate denier" in a bald faced attempt to class them with holocaust deniers is unacceptable.

Read this book, especially the added information provided by the author.

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Good one

There are a lot of strong opinions on the book and for good reason. The book covers some controversial issues: I.E. validity in the globaly warming theory. I thought that the story was excellently paced and exciting while scattered with carefully selected pieces of information regarding global warming.

Regardless of your stance on the -theory- of global warming it should be emphasized that people are profitting, GREATLY, from the concept. Even if you are a die hard advocate of the theory I'd recommend the book because it does lead one to wonder about the organizations with which they choose to associate.

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Below Crichton Standars


This book has raised the most controversy of all his work. In my opinion he misleads the reader on Global Warming, he defenitely mislead me, only after further study I came up with different facts on the subject. I love his writing and the story is ok, you have to understand that some of his books start by confusing the reader on what is real and actual and what is fiction, is his style. But I do recommend reading further information about global warming before making any judment about the subject.


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