Michael Crichton - State of Fear

Pros: Great story, very educational
Cons: None

State of Fear is Michael Crichton’s most recent novel and this time he tackles the subject of the environment, specifically global warming. This is one of Crichton’s longest novels and takes the characters all over the world. It also ...

Pros: Gripping, fascinating. Underlying message is meticulously researched and documented.
Cons: Crichton's rigorous documentation of his position will turn off committed believers in global warming.

State Of Fear is Michael Crichton's thriller about global warming, and the politics that surround it. Although Crichton clearly has some strong views on the subject, and his primary intent seems to have been to air those views, it is to his ...

Pros: Entertaining read, good debunking of some of the more extreme environmental dogma.
Cons: Overly preachy with primarily straw men characters.

I was not surprised in the wake of Hurricane Wilma (as well as the overall 2005 hurricane season) to hear certain people say they were moving out of Florida. Nor was I surprised to hear all the religious fundamentalists point their fingers for what ...

Pros: Tense and gripping adventure and intrigue---plus interesting science!
Cons: None---

Michael Crichton strikes again! The villains of his novels are always technologists and industrialists, but this time the villains of the piece are environmentalists, radical believers in global warming, and their witless accomplices: the media; lawyers; ...

Pros: Excellent read, impossible to put down after you start
Cons: The ending lost it's form and just became very sequential.

I think I first discovered the writing of Michael Crichton when I read Sphere in High School. Before that I was reading Patricia Cornwell books, and found that there was a huge difference in their styles, and began quickly to devour everything that I ...

Pros: Page-turning excitement; Solid plot twists and turns; Scientifically rigorous
Cons: Thin character development and a few slow spots in the plot

Michael Crichton and Harper Collins Publishers took a unique PR track with the pending release of the author's predestined bestseller State of Fear -- they revealed absolutely nothing about the book's subject matter prior to release. Apart from ...

Pros: A revealing and suspenseful thriller.
Cons: A couple of miniscule inconsistencies.

The world is a scary place! We have religious zealots declaring war on us and indiscriminately killing perceived enemies of God. We have drugged out addicts robbing and burglarizing to scrape up enough money for their next score. We have people shooting ...

Pros:

Paperback version is lightweight, and therefore easy to toss into the trash.

Cons: Intellectually dishonest, arrogant, self-congratulatory, demonstrably false, ham-handed political diatribe couched in a ridiculous, juvenile story.

I just read Michael Crichton's novel State of Fear, because I've enjoyed some of his other work, most recently "Prey." Well, okay, "Prey" wasn't that good, but it passed the time.Little did I suspect, however, that this< i> book was not a ...

Pros: some great commentary about environmental ideas and fear
Cons: a little too scientific sometimes

A thriller covering the topic of global warming as no one else can do. We travel with the characters to Iceland, Antarctica, Arizona, Paris, Los Angeles, and the Solomon Islands. We become more knowledgeable about so many things from this book. ...

Pros: I don't even know
Cons: Pretty much the fact that it was published on paper.

Ok you know who Michael Crichton is by now. He created the tv show that I don't watch ER, and by this point so many books but the most famous are the series of Jurassic Park. Yes, the movie, they were from Crichton's book. And if you saw the movies you ...

Pros: Engaging and thought-provoking story that is extremely well-supported with relevant research.
Cons: Not any worth mentioning, in my opinion.

Killer bees. Whatever happened to them, they were coming to North America and we were in big trouble. Y2K. Did you buy a ton of non-perishables and bottled water? You don't have to admit it. Global warming. What is the risk here? Are we in ...

Pros: High adventure spans the globe, complete with celebrities!
Cons: Weak plot. Flat characters. Annoying preachiness that's disturbingly biased.

I just finished reading Michael Crichton’s new best-seller, and I must say I am deeply disappointed in Mr. Crichton. Not so much for writing and publishing a work of unabashed propaganda, but for doing such an obtuse and ham-handed job of it. ...

Pros: Excellent writing, Good presentation, good debates on enviromental issues.
Cons: A bit biased on the debates on environment!!

Introduction I just love fiction that deals with some social topic and tries to give an interpretation on the subject. That is the main reason why I loved Isaac Asimov's books as it would have a social angle built into most of the books. ...

Pros: He follows his own formula this time.
Cons: Even if you agree with him, he's still intimidating.

While Crichton's works have spanned several scientific areas, his latest book spans the globe. The early part of the book focuses on the mysterious evil actions of the secret dangerous club of death, not getting to the main characters for quite a few ...

Pros: Extremely well researched. Some interesting ideas.
Cons: Pedestrian story. Over-long.

If you are a consumer of popular media it is likely you think the world is in trouble. We are belching carbon dioxide into the air, the temperature is skyrocketing, the polar ice is melting, the water is rising, everything is going to Hell and the ...