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Praise for State of Fear: 'The pages whip by. Does exactly what you want the prose in a thriller to do' Telegraph 'Crichton's new novel is an environmental adventure of truly global proportions. Intelligent, readable and guaranteed to get the grey matter going' Mirror 'An exciting story. In the hands of a master story-teller like Crichton it's good entertainment and he has certainly informed the debate by presenting his arguments so clearly' Sunday Telegraph 'A page-turner!this is an action-packed read concerning a Machiavellian global-warming scam' Daily Mail 'Crichton can be relied on to produce a gripping impeccably researched thriller' Evening Standard 'There is much to enjoy here! the usual expert manipulation of tension pays off in page-turning dividends. You'll be comprehensively gripped by his storytelling skills' Daily Express
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The undisputed master of the high-concept thriller has written his most gripping and entertaining book yet 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 of New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means. Thus begins Michael Crichton's exciting and provocative techno-thriller State of Fear. Only Crichton's unique ability to blend scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction could bring such disparate elements to a heart-stopping conclusion. This is 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 on a roller-coaster thrill ride, all the while keeping the brain in high gear. Gripping and thought-provoking, State of Fear is Michael Crichton at his best.
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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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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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