I enjoyed that book as well. Very well written novel. Scientifically though it was very simplistic and generalized in its substantive facts. Not nearly as much as the media though is when they report on global warming. So much seems to be nothing more than talking points. Real climate debunks the science and numbers in the book (but then there are as many supportive papers as debunkers so go figure):

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=74

His latest theory: 'A Belief in Extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming.'

http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote04.html

Senate Testimony:

http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/senate.html



>I like Michael Crichton's State of Fear :o)
>
>>While I think the environment is one of the most important things to focus on, I am not convinced that global warming actually exists or that even if it does, it is not as severe a danger as media and some predict.
>>
>>http://www.cei.org/gencon/003,04491.cfm
>>
>>Antarctica is not warming:
>>http://www.globalwarming.org/article.php?uid=894
>>No net Artic warming since 1938:
>>http://www.globalwarming.org/article.php?uid=889
>>Glacier Growth:
>>http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/articles/V8/N46/EDIT.jsp
>>Plant Extinction:
>>http://www.co2science.org/scripts/Template/0_CO2ScienceB2C/pdf/extinctpr.pdf
>>Man-made Global WArming contradicted by satellite measurements:
>>http://www.tmgnow.com/repository/global/corbyn1.html
>>Current Sea levels within range of sea level oscillation over past 300 years:
>>http://www.cei.org/gencon/003,04491.cfm
>>Sea levels falling:
>>http://www.globalwarming.org/article.php?uid=467
>>http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/07/06/wsea06.xml