Title: Fun and informative read, but not his best
Review: First of all, I'm a HUGE MC fan, and have every book of his.However, State of Fear is definitely NOT a must read. As usual, he uses obnoxious know-it-alls to expound the technical aspects and views of the central subject matter. In this case, the concept of global warming. Crichton always does massive thesis-level of research for his books, but this one may be the most yet.Some aspects of the plot are rather ridiculous: lawyers and old men literally battling (with guns & knives) evildoers to save the world (where's the US Army??).It's still a fun read. At the very least, you'll have a much better understanding about our ecology (is global warming a scientific fact or merely biased rantings?). Especially with the current Tsunami crisis, it's rather uncanny.
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