Global Warming the threat to the entire world, or is it. As eco-terrorists plot devestation across the planet to bring awareness to the masses of our impending doom, a small group finds themselves in the path of destruction to try and stop these terrorists.

I always enjoy Crichton's work and this was no exception but I did feel he was trying almost too hard to bring awareness to certain fields of science that at times became almost too much information and not enough story. But overall a good book that once again like most Crichton books makes you look at a certain topic or area of science in a whole new way. ( )

If you're looking for a good light read, skip this. If you want a diversion into laughably-bad pseudoscience with cardboard-cutouts as cast, go for it. I bought this in an airport bookstore, going into a 6-hour cross-country flight, and the only reason I ended up finishing it was boredom and lack of mobility, ultimately. ( )

Everyone knows about Global Warming. The Green House Effect. Our Carbon Footprint. How do we know about these things? The media. What if the media was giving us incorrect data? What if environmental agencies were tell us things were dangers when they really we the natural rhythms of our planet? That is what Michael Crichton is trying to get us to think about in The State of Fear. While a work of fiction, it is based in real data collected by scientists. It really made me think. It made me question what I have always believed about the environment. By the end of the book, I was left with the realization that I need to question the things I have always "known", the things that I have been told over and over again but never thought to research myself. Never thought that I wasn't getting the "real" story. This lesson is useful in every aspect of life and because of that, changed my life a little. It sis all this while being very entertaining. You can't ask a novel to be any better than that. ( )

OT: State of Fear ( )

It wasn't that bad. I found that it dragged a little. ( )