State of Fear by Michael Crichton
Rating – 10 / 10
Ever heard that there is another side to the concept of Global Warming that says that the sea levels are actually not rising but falling and that the total volume of ice in Antartica has increased in the last decade! And have you ever heard about the ecology of human being’s thought process, and how it has led to men living in a perpetual State of Fear!?
These are the truths that Crichton attempts to bring forth in this voluminous book. According to Crichton, scientists around the world are being bribed to bring out reports and studies which point towards Global Warming trends. Environmental organizations are using these reports to gain publicity and to fund the so-called Environmental Terrorist Groups. The plot thickens when the protagonist, Peter Evans, a lawyer, gets involved with one such organization. Slowly, he comes to know how this organization, funded by some of the richest people in the US, is using these funds for wrong purposes. The rest of the book is about how he, with a Japanese professor-cum-agent John Kenner, and their team try to stop three such activities.
Crichton duly supports all his data and views with appropriate evidences from scientific journals. One look at the bibliography at the end of the book can easily give a fair idea that what the author is talking about can certainly not be termed as total rubbish. There has been widespread criticism about this book from the environmental organizations across the world but I guess it was something that was bound to happen.
I loved this book immensely and my favorite part was the chat between Peter Evans and Professor Norman Hoffman, when they discuss about the ecology of thought. The USP of Michael Crichton is that his books address some of the latest advances in the field of Science, which obviously makes the reader feel the atmosphere and the realities more easily and clearly. A must read for all science fiction fans.
Ever heard that there is another side to the concept of Global Warming that says that the sea levels are actually not rising but falling and that the total volume of ice in Antartica has increased in the last decade! And have you ever heard about the ecology of human being’s thought process, and how it has led to men living in a perpetual State of Fear!?
These are the truths that Crichton attempts to bring forth in this voluminous book. According to Crichton, scientists around the world are being bribed to bring out reports and studies which point towards Global Warming trends. Environmental organizations are using these reports to gain publicity and to fund the so-called Environmental Terrorist Groups. The plot thickens when the protagonist, Peter Evans, a lawyer, gets involved with one such organization. Slowly, he comes to know how this organization, funded by some of the richest people in the US, is using these funds for wrong purposes. The rest of the book is about how he, with a Japanese professor-cum-agent John Kenner, and their team try to stop three such activities.
Crichton duly supports all his data and views with appropriate evidences from scientific journals. One look at the bibliography at the end of the book can easily give a fair idea that what the author is talking about can certainly not be termed as total rubbish. There has been widespread criticism about this book from the environmental organizations across the world but I guess it was something that was bound to happen.
I loved this book immensely and my favorite part was the chat between Peter Evans and Professor Norman Hoffman, when they discuss about the ecology of thought. The USP of Michael Crichton is that his books address some of the latest advances in the field of Science, which obviously makes the reader feel the atmosphere and the realities more easily and clearly. A must read for all science fiction fans.
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