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In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor.
In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications.
In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.
Thus begins Michael Crichton's exciting and provocative technothriller, State of Fear. Only Michael Crichton's unique ability to blend science fact and pulse-pounding fiction could bring such disparate elements to a heart-stopping conclusion.
This is Michael Crichton's most wide-ranging thriller. 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. The novel races forward, taking the reader on a rollercoaster thrill ride, all the while keeping the brain in high gear. Gripping and thought-provoking, State of Fear is Michael Crichton at his very best.
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conflicts of interest, swashes, blue-ringed octopuses, scientific conferences, Chinese language materials, spy and adventure novels, American literature, Suspense fiction, science fiction, Ecoterrorism, Open Library Staff Picks, Global warming, Fiction, Submarines (Ships), Technology, Fiction, technological, Fiction, thrillers, Large type books, Fiction, thrillers, general, Ecology, Earth sciences, Climate, Greenhouse effect, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2015-08-30, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, thrillers, technological, Literature and fiction, mystery and suspensePlaces
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Welt in Angst
2006, Goldmann, Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
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State of Fear
2004, HarperCollins Publishers
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2004, HarperCollins Publishers
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State of Fear: A Novel
2004, HarperCollinsPublishers, HarperCollins
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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. Many climate scientists, science journalists, environmental groups, and science advocacy organisations dispute Crichton's views on the science as being error-filled and distorted.
The novel had an initial print run of 1.5 million copies and reached the #1 bestseller position at Amazon and #2 on The New York Times Best Seller list for one week in January 2005. The novel itself has garnered mixed reviews, with some literary reviewers stating that the book's presentation of facts and stance on the global warming debate detracted from the book's plot.
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