State of Fear
by Michael Crichton
Taste attributes: thrillerscience fictionactionrobots/ai/spacefastunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearbig & variedsocial commentaryrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeSerious and wide-ranging: a layered thriller, heightened rather than true to life. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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2.5 / 5
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About This Book
State of Fear is a 2004 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, his fourteenth under his own name and twenty-fourth overall, in which eco-terrorists plot mass murder to publicize the danger of global warming. Despite being a work of fiction, the book contains many graphs and footnotes, two appendices, and a 20-page bibliography in support of Crichton's beliefs about global warming.
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- Author
- Michael Crichton
- Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 678
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- Open Library
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