State of Fear - Michael Crichton

State of Fear

By Michael Crichton

  • Release Date: 2009-10-13
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
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From 445 Ratings
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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

    5
    By No-LHR
    I’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

    3
    By 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.

    5
    By Dasmahapatra
    It 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

    5
    By kmodelking
    Very informative!

  • Surprised

    5
    By Old Tacoma boy
    A 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

    4
    By Myob2
    I'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!

    5
    By tikiriwa
    Fantastic 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

    4
    By Nova flick
    Eye 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 worst

  • What is this world coming to?

    3
    By Maamc
    Crichton 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

    3
    By WAcartman
    Although the mechanisms to create catastrophe seemed a little far-fetched, the content of the story was interesting.

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