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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
interesting in parts but not brilliant,
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This review is from: State of Fear (Paperback)
Crichton makes some interesting points on Global warming, regardless of whether you believe he has cherry picked his data to prove his point. As others have pointed out, the large quantities of data in the book don't mesh too well with the actual story. There is definitely the feeling that you have a normal thriller and a thesis on global warming and they kind of got mixed in the wash. Crichton tries to blend the two, but the result is not perfect.
Spoiler My real quibble with the book is; why are a large international bunch of well funded, armed and dangerous terrorists being taken on by a small group of mostly unarmed lawyers and later an actor? For the first threat, this sort of works, but as each situation gets bigger and more dangerous, the response looks smaller and more amateur in comparison. They are locating threats by satellite, observing from helicopters, then instead of calling in the Marines, SWAT teams, FBI or an air strike, they go in alone and mostly unarmed. This is just stupid.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Clever.,
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This review is from: State of Fear (Paperback)
A clever presentation of factual references, wrapped up in a good yarn. Whatever your point of view, it clearly gives many thought provoking sides to today's obsession with global warming theories, and the reasons why. It also highlights how our whole Western culture is governed by fears; something I personally have long since understood. I bought a copy for my son, a Renewable Energy scientist/engineer, because the research details listed in the back give scope for keeping an open mind.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Flawed fun,
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This review is from: State of Fear (Paperback)
Great fun in a Famous Five fashion with plenty of accessible science to sink your teeth into. The science seems to stand up but then so does the science that wholly supports he 'catastrophic' threat global warming. The call for calm is wise, though does follow a classic liberal middle ground where inaction and shoulder-shrugging become the likely conclusions.
Some useful comparisons with eugenics in the appendices. Crichton likens the more vociferous global warming campaigners and scientists to the eugenicists of times gone by. (The campaigners liken Crichton and co to Holocaust deniers. And so it goes.) Worth a read but you'll have to willingly suspend your disbelief at the capabilities of Kenner and Sanjong's magic laptop.
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