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State of Fear
Michael Crichton
Published in 2004, this is Crichton at his best. But there is just enough realism to make you really think carefully about how you form your opinions about current events. The time is now. The nation – and much of the civilized world – is bombarded daily with pro-environment “news”. The collapsing ozone layer, global warming, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, you name it. It is a fictional portrayal of what is all too true.
As the cover leaf describes it: “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 author has a unique ability to blend scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction. This book makes a powerful statement that the worldwide environmental movement may be much more than it appears to be. If you disagree with the scare tactics and doomsday conclusions of radical environmentalists, your position will be strongly reinforced by this book. If you agree, or if you are a very pro-environment person, this book may cause you to re-think your position. Either way, the book is one that will absorb you completely.
Highly recommended! - Dave Upham
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