Title: State of Flubber
Review: What a waste of money and trees. Crichton has always subtly (and not so subtly) distorted scientific fact to create his science fiction (with the emphasis on "fiction") novels, but in his latest he appears to have completely forgotten what little science he learned back in pre-med. What will he do for an encore, write a novel with the basic theme that gravity does not exist, the Earth is flat, and Republicans are honest? His point of view in "State of Fear" would be easier to understand if the novel were at all entertaining, but it reads like a rushed polemic, with cardboard characters and a contrived plot. Perhaps if it seemed like he understood climatology and meteorology even a small bit it would be more believable. At least he has set a benchmark for himself; this is definitely his worst book to date.
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