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	ESR \| January 3, 2005 \| Changing the climate - A review of State Of Fear
		Throughout the novel John Kenner explains to Evans that the environmentalist movement, politicians and the media have created a "state of fear" for their own purposes.
		State of Fear, however, is not a treatise on junk science and global warming; it is a novel and must be judged on that basis.
		And yet the novel works, quite possibly because of the audacity of a popular novelist taking on a movement that is viewed largely uncritically by the public and media and has assumed the aura of a religion.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0105/0105stateoffear.htm (882 words)

	A review of the distorted plot and politics in Michael Crichton's State of Fear \| By David Roberts \| Grist \| Arts and ...
		Michael Crichton's State of Fear is an attempt to meld serious politico-scientific critique with a modern techno-thriller.
		Crichton's novel, alas, is unilluminating as a critique and unsatisfying as a thriller.
		In State of Fear, however, the reader is shackled throughout to dim-witted lawyer Peter Evans.
	www.grist.org /advice/books/2005/02/01/roberts-fear (1334 words)

	A review of the distorted science in Michael Crichton's State of Fear \| By Gavin Schmidt \| Grist \| Arts and Minds \| 01 ...
		State of Fear by Michael Crichton, HarperCollins Publishers, 624 pgs., 2004.
		Michael Crichton's new novel State of Fear is about global-warming hysteria ginned up by a self-important NGO on behalf of evil eco-terrorists...
		Early on in State of Fear, a skeptical character points out that while carbon dioxide was rising between 1940 and 1970, the globe was cooling.
	www.grist.org /advice/books/2005/02/01/schmidt-fear (1398 words)

	Michael Crichton State of Fear Reviewedf by Rick Kleffel
		With all the faux controversy generated around the topic of global warming, you might be tempted to believe that 'State of Fear', Michael Crichton's latest techno-thriller, is based on the premise that the world is flat and therefore unlikely to grow warm.
		'State of Fear' is a novel that derives what power it has from Crichton's willingness to confront accepted belief with skepticism.
		In the end, a novel that takes sides as stridently as 'State of Fear' is going to be loved by one side and hated by the other.
	trashotron.com /agony/reviews/2006/crichton-state_of_fear.htm (879 words)

	NRDC: Michael Crichton's State of Fear: They Don't Call It Science Fiction for Nothing
		State of Fear, the new offering from novelist and master of disaster Michael Crichton, is more silly than scary.
		That’s what’s happening with State of Fear, in which Crichton builds a fantasy world where global warming is not a real threat, but global warming scientists are.
		Unlike most novels, State of Fear includes footnotes and a bibliography, giving the impression that Crichton unearthed facts buried as part of a dastardly plan by scientists or non-profit groups to suppress disagreement on global warming.
	www.nrdc.org /globalwarming/fcrichton.asp (1048 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: State of Fear: Books: Michael Crichton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		He could be seen to be pervading the state of fear, and judging by some of the reviews I have read here he has succeeded.
		State of Fear is never less than exciting, but also succeeds in opening up a lot of points for debate as well, a rare quality in a thriller.
	www.amazon.co.uk /State-Fear-Michael-Crichton/dp/0007181604 (1426 words)

	Amazon.de: State of Fear (Rough Cut): English Books: Michael Crichton,Jeffery Hudson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The novel, about an apocalyptic plague, climbs high on bestseller lists and is later made into a popular film.
		The novel is dense with cliffhangers and chases and derring-do, while stuffed between these, mostly via Kenner’s dialogue, is a talky yet highly provocative survey of how Crichton thinks environmentalism has derailed.
		Certainly one of the more unusual novels of the year for its high-level mix of education and entertainment, with a decidedly daring contrarian take, this take-no-prisoners consideration of environmentalism wrapped in extravagantly enjoyable pages is one of the most memorable novels of the year and is bound to be a #1 bestseller.
	www.amazon.de /State-Fear-Rough-Michael-Crichton/dp/0066214130 (2448 words)

	Environmentalism is fascism
		The latter tended to be reactionary and deployed the ballad, the short story and the novel to propagate their ideas and values.
		The novel half is a cliché-riddled potboiler of the "thriller" sub-genre.
		The novel's basic plot involves a struggle between the bad guys of the "Environmental Liberation Front", who travel the globe causing catastrophes to blame on industry, and the good guys from the top-secret "National Security Intelligence Agency" who are missioned to thwart the likes of ELF.
	www.ecofascism.com /review6.html (1986 words)

	Bookreporter.com - STATE OF FEAR by Michael Crichton
		STATE OF FEAR is Michael Crichton’s fourteenth novel.
		Having said that, STATE OF FEAR may be an unpopular book in some quarters, because the villain is a radical environmental group.
		While STATE OF FEAR is a work of fiction, life is imitating its art.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/0066214130.asp (472 words)

	'State of Fear' by Charley Reese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Michael Crichton has written a new novel, State of Fear, that adds heat to the public debate about global warming.
		Many of Crichton's novels, however, have followed the theme of good intentions in science going haywire, and in this book, his real objective is to warn against politicizing science.
		As with all his novels, he combines fiction with fact and makes a point of saying that the graphs and footnotes are factual.
	www.lewrockwell.com /reese/reese168.html (733 words)

	The Seattle Times: Books: Novel on global warming gets some scientists burned up
		WASHINGTON — A provocative new novel that says fears of global warming are unjustified and stoked by an environmentalist-media conspiracy is taking Washington by storm.
		"State of Fear," a novel by Michael Crichton, the best-selling author of "Jurassic Park," and the creator of the TV show "ER," compares scientists who warn of global warming to advocates of eugenics who said that the mixing of races would ruin the world's genetic stock.
		Ice sheets are melting, and species of birds and animals have moved to new areas because of warming.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/books/2002170342_warming04.html (816 words)

	USATODAY.com - Crichton fans will embrace 'Fear' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Michael Crichton's new novel, State of Fear, might be the most provocative and controversial of them all.
		State of Fear is sure to rile liberals, conservatives, environmentalists, the media, academics, lawyers, politicians, celebrities and average citizens as Crichton challenges commonly held beliefs about global warming and the environment.
		State of Fear follows the global adventures of four heroes, led by geo-environmental scientist John Kenner.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/reviews/2004-12-13-crichton_x.htm (726 words)

	Crichton's State of Fear... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		State of the Scare, Once Again (5/4) In its latest air quality report, the American Lung Association's continues its five-year tradition of inflating air pollution levels and health risks in a so-far successful effort to maintain an unwarranted climate of public fear.
		The basic plotline of State of Fear is pretty straightforward: a globe-spanning cabal of radical environmentalists is trying to spur the adoption of greenhouse gas emission controls by creating "natural disasters" that they can link to manmade climate change.
		One of the few downsides of the fictional element of State of Fear is that the bad guys aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in the chandelier; they have more wallet and weaponry than wit.
	www.rppi.org /crichton.shtml (3025 words)

	Review of Michael Crichton's State of Fear : Weather Underground (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		State of Fear, is a real page turner--in more ways than one, unfortunately.
		A full 20 pages of scientific references follow, along with a few pages of the author's comments on his environmental philosophy and what he feels should be done to fix the State of Fear created by the politico-legal-media complex.
		However, "State of Fear" is a disappointment both as an action-thriller novel, and as a credible source of science on the Global Warming issue.
	www.wunderground.com.cob-web.org:8888 /education/stateoffear.asp (1784 words)

	'State of Fear' - The Washington Times: Culture, etc. - March 01, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After the mysterious lethal microbes from outer space in "The Andromeda Strain," the swarm of nanorobots programmed as predators in "Prey" and the resurrected dinosaurs run amok in "Jurassic Park," the bad guys this time are a bunch of scaremongering environmentalists with a terrorist bent.
		The 600-page novel -- complete with footnotes, graphics, an appendix with sources for the data he provides and an annotated bibliography -- presents in dramatic form the arguments of those skeptical of global warming theories.
		Crichton's novel "will make the public aware that there are many scientists who think that global warming is not a problem and it tells them in the book why that is so," Mr.
	washingtontimes.com /culture/20050228-102607-9799r.htm (846 words)

	RealClimate » Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion II: Return of the Science
		Our first post on Crichton's new novel "State of Fear" hits most of the key points, though there are a few more errors in the book that we hope to expand upon in future posts.
		Both "Red states" and "blue states" attack or attempt to bend science as is convenient to their causes.
		State of Fear on the other hand looks like a good read and if they turn it into a movie it will be even easier to absorb.
	www.realclimate.org /index.php?p=76 (6442 words)

	Bad Science, Bad Fiction (Doubt and About)
		Hilariously, at the end of his book Crichton states: "A novel such as State of Fear, in which so many divergent views are expressed, may lead the reader to wonder where, exactly, the author stands on these issues." As if it wasn't obvious.
		No wonder real life climate experts, of the sort that Crichton excommunicates from his "novel," have scathingly critiqued his depiction of their field and the level of understanding it has achieved.
		Similarly, in State of Fear the specter of a vast environmentalist conspiracy--a problem even less significant than sexual harassment of men by their female superiors--gets trumpeted while real concerns (climate change, for instance) get scoffed at.
	www.csicop.org /doubtandabout/crichton (1561 words)

	State of Fear — Audio Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		State of Fear is the latest novel by Michael Crichton, undisputed master of the techno-thriller.
		In State of Fear, Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Congo), gives us his trademark combination of page-turning suspense, cutting-edge technology, and extraordinary research.
		State of Fear is a superb blend of edge-of-your-seat suspense and thought provoking commentary on how information is manipulated in the modern world.
	www.musicmint.com /products5/stateoffear.html (113 words)

	Iain Murray on State of Fear by Michael Crichton on National Review Online
		Michael Crichton's new blockbuster novel, State of Fear, begins with sex, violence, and oceanography.
		The adventure centers on a conspiracy to accentuate natural disasters in order to keep the developed world in the state of fear of the title.
		Together, and with the help of the usual beautiful-but-tough woman and a tech-savvy Gurkha, they are placed in danger in the wilds of Antarctica, a state park in Arizona, and in a cannibal-infested jungle in the Solomon Islands.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/murray200412210839.asp (1076 words)

	WorldNetDaily: 'State of Fear' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I bought "State of Fear" because leftist reviewers were howling like wounded hyenas in the newspapers, which seemed in itself a good recommendation.
		Through a wealthy donor's attorney, the reader becomes a "fly on the wall" as their legal team struggles to prepare the evidence for global warming as it will be presented to a jury.
		But it is in attacking the footnotes that the critics have failed to grasp the larger theme of his book: the politicization of science, and the terribly dangerous path down which that leads us.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43226 (725 words)

	Amazon.ca: State of Fear: Books: Michael Crichton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The novel, patterned after the adventure writings of H. Ryder Haggard, updates the genre with the inclusion of high-tech gadgets that, although may seem quaint 20 years later, serve to set Crichton's work apart and he begins to cement his reputation as “the father of the techno-thriller.”;
		In this fascinating novel, an impending catastrophe of astronomical proportions for all of mankind is predicted by a group called NERF ((National Environmental Resource Fund) which was founded by lawyers.
		It is a suspense-filled novel complete with a mesmerzing subject matter that is given a thorough examination in a most intriguing, entertaining and enjoyable manner.
	www.amazon.ca /State-Fear-Michael-Crichton/dp/0066214130 (2969 words)

	Competitive Enterprise Institute
		One particular environmental charity stands to benefit most from this state, and the main plot device is the dawning realization by an idealistic young lawyer named Peter Evans that the cause he believed in for so long is rotten to the core.
		In fact, Hansen had a range of scenarios, and actual emissions have followed the lower trajectory quite well (and Hansen has updated his projections, now estimating a very small temperature rise by 2050 of around 0.5°C.) Crichton would have done better to take aim at the IPCC here.
		Doubtless much of this scholarly discussion will be removed when the inevitable movie is made, but the exhilarating plot should still make it a success (and it will be streets ahead of the scientifically bereft turkey The Day After Tomorrow).
	www.cei.org /gencon/019,04342.cfm (941 words)

	Answers to Key Questions Raised by M. Crichton in State of Fear
		Much of the data presented within State of Fear are temperature data from specific locations throughout the world. Crichton makes two points with these data. First, he uses the data to demonstrate that not all locations of the world show warming trends.
		This is correct, and is acknowledged by the climate science community – as one moves to smaller geographic scales, local factors (e.g., terrain, altitude, land cover, wind patterns, etc.) become increasingly important in determining climate conditions. Hence, the importance of averaging temperature data over large areas, which yields an unambiguous warming trend.
		Crichton also states that fossil fuels will reach their demise regardless of the efforts of politicians or environmentalists, future populations will be better off, and environmental principles represent unfair attempts to prevent the developing world from achieving the standard of living obtained by the developed world.
	www.pewclimate.org /state_of_fear.cfm (759 words)

	State of Fear - A Novel & Book by Michael Crichton (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		State of Fear feature's very fascinating, mind-numbing topics and research regarding global warming - or the lack of.
		While some Crichton novels feature one know-it-all character surrounded by ignorant people, State of Fear features one ignorant person, Evans, who is constantly surrounded by people giving him all the answers.
		Crichton obviously believes - or at least has his own agenda - where he feels that we need to know we are being deceived by the government into believing that global warming is merely a tool the government uses to install a "State of Fear" in the general population.
	www.kickinglettuce.com.cob-web.org:8888 /bookreviews/Crichton/state-of-fear.html (321 words)

	RealClimate » Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion L’état de confusion de Michael Crichton
		Michael Crichton's new novel "State of Fear" is about a self-important NGO hyping the science of the global warming to further the ends of evil eco-terrorists.
		The people who wrote those novels had what are in retrospect, big gaps in their thinking and I think those gaps are the gaps in our culture's thinking.
		Because of our inability to capture the initial state of the atmosphere, imperfect data assimilation, parameterizations of some model schemes, etc., our deterministic model output is really a single member of a family of possible solutions defined by some probability distribution.
	www.realclimate.org /index.php?p=74 (19229 words)

	The J-Walk Blog: State Of Fear (Comments)
		I've been reading Michael Crichton's new novel, State of Fear.
		Unlike most novels, this one has footnotes, appendices, and a bibliography.
		If you're interested in reading a novel that actually makes you think, I recommend it.
	j-walkblog.com /index.php?/weblog/comments/state_of_fear (247 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Michael Crichton’s technopolitical thriller State of Fear (HarperCollins) turns on a controversial notion: that all the talk we’ve been hearing about global warming—polar ice caps melting, weather systems sent into calamitous confusion, beach weather lingering into January—might be at best misguided, at worst dead wrong.
		Michael Crichton to defend "State of Fear" on CSPAN-2 Saturday, February 12 and 13.
		Crichton's State of Fear, with a reported first print run of 1.7 million copies, is an action thriller that doubles as a scientific primer on global warming and other environmental topics.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=stateoffear (3463 words)

	Airframe, State of Fear, Prey by Michael Crichton - book reviews
		Because her boss and the president of the company are due to go back to China in a week to close the deal, it is essential that she and her team find the root cause of the incident (in which 3 people died) within the week, which of course, is not near enough time.
		Out of this study he has found certain fads, one such is the state of fear that is perpetuated by the politico-legal-media (PLM) complex, that is, promoting fear under the guise of promoting safety.
		There are no surprises here given the wealth of data interspersed throughout the novel but it is a welcome addition to the novel from a discussion point of view.
	www.mostlyfiction.com /spy-thriller/crichton.htm (3727 words)

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