State of Fear
By Michael Crichton
- Release Date: 2009-10-13
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride mixing cutting edge science and action-packed adventure in State of Fear.
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.
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.
Reviews
State of Fear
5By No-LHRI’ve read this multiple times but not for the last 7-8 years. Go back and reread this book or read it for the first time. So much still holds true that it’s truly astounding.Too much advocacy, not enough story
3By Blah. Nj.While I echo many of the arguments of the author, including what happened to Galileo and the warming trend from the mini-Ice Age, I still found his advocacy too shrill, and the antagonists too caricatured. Reasonable people can disagree without rendering the opposing view as cartoonishly naive, uninformed, and bombastic. My opinion is that the author was so busy writing advocacy that he neglected the story. For example, lose ends: what happened to Nick Drake and his co-conspirators? What about the henchmen like Marisa and Jimmy? If Kenner is from a highly classified government agency, why can’t he call on professional resources instead of taking along untrained civilians on mission after dangerous mission? How did Morton transform from out-of-shape trust-fund playboy to jungle survivalist? Why he was even more adept at jungle survival and eluding capture than professionals like Kenner. What’s the story with Jennifer Haynes? Lawyer? Special-forces? Double-agent? What are the chances of an autonomous robot happening upon 2 near death people in Antarctica? Having read 3 of Crichton’s books, I believe this is by far the weakest.state of fear.
5By DasmahapatraIt shook me up. Brilliant research. Excellent bibliography. It makes you realize how inconsequential our actions are in the ocean of time. As was aptly emphasized we have to understand that we cannot preserve nature but learn to manage. A remarkable push for dissociating politics and science!Yeah
5By kmodelkingVery informative!Surprised
5By Old Tacoma boyA very good read. I had no idea, going into it, of the climate change skepticism behind it. Egad, could all those right wing conservatives be onto something?! I assumed their position was taken so as to continue making money from taking combustibles out of the earth and putting them into our air and water. I wonder how Crichton felt about simply protecting the environment, global warming or no.State of Fear
4By Myob2I've long been a Crichton fan and, though not in my view one of his best, I enjoyed this book. The "hero" escapes death by a hair's breadth a few too many times but there's a lot of action. There is also a lot of thought provoking information plunged into the plot and I loved the Kenner character.Even Congress Read This!
5By tikiriwaFantastic read, based on an intense dedication to research. MC didn't want to write this book, because he knew it would upset the eco crowd. But his plot was so solidly based on research, that even Congress asked him to testify about global warming. I believe the stress of the controversy of this book contributed to his fatal heart attack. I couln't put it down.State of Fear
4By Nova flickEye opening Science and facts Vs Political Opinion A fight for truth Stopping environmental destruction is good but know the facts Choose your battles that will make a difference vs making it worstWhat is this world coming to?
3By MaamcCrichton once again stirs the pot and brings up some startling facts about global warming set in a nail-biting scenario. A good, if sometimes dry, read.interesting read
3By WAcartmanAlthough the mechanisms to create catastrophe seemed a little far-fetched, the content of the story was interesting.Well written
5By L. CooperJust finished "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton. Very well written story about "Global Climate Change". Filled with actual research data and statistics based on actual data. (ie: Facts) Highly recommend to all who want an education on the subject. The e-book version contains a lot of extras, transcripts of talks Crichton gave on the subject and a ton of extra information and links to actual data and resources.My first
4By Sbcg79This was my first book I read from Michael and I wasn't disappointedState of Fear
5By Mawto3A great book and well documented. If you believe in global warming, read this book and learn something.State of Fear
3By LegalclownLong on science, short on plot.Highly Recommend
5By John82088Probably a lot more truth than fiction in this book.A real page turner.
5By Russell.e.w.This book was great. Is kept me waning more. It started out a little slow put picked up dramatically. I have read most of his books.Best
5By 4orkOne of the best books I have ever read!State of Fear
3By uievangelistWhile I found the fiction too implausible and exaggerated, the hidden gem is the debunking of the false perception created by the bad science and fear mongering of many entities pretending to act in our best interest. This view may not be fashionable, but then Hitler's enthusiastic adoption of the utterly false "science" of Eugenics was fashionable in its day and look where that got us. The bibliography is wonderful. The world needs more works like this to bring a dissenting view to a larger audience.State of Fear
1By Chris RemerWorst book I've read in many years. The books focus was to deliver the authors political agenda not produce good literature. It's a train wreck.
