Comments on: Book Review: State of Fear

By: Thinking Out Loud: Thought Leadership from an Enterprise Architect

Thinking Out Loud: Thought Leadership from an Enterprise Architect — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:09:09 +0000

Are buyers of computer books idiots?

Most authors of computer books write for their enjoyment, love to share their ideas with others and give back to the community. The vast majority of authors in the computer book field hold down day jobs and write at night…

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 05:29:16 +0000

Shanti, JK,

That’s the reason I pointed you to the review The substance of the “critique” can be summed in two words: personal attack.

By: Karthik R

Karthik R — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:50:20 +0000

The book has been completely debunked by scientists and environmentalists. As the NRDC says, no wonder it's called science fiction. NRDC: http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/fcrichton.asp Real Climate (Climate Change Blog): http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=74#more-74 Yes, I have a vested interest in this debate and I'm a member of both NRDC and th Sierra Club. 'State of Fear' is fiction. It's not a treatise on climate change.

By: JK

JK — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:05:57 +0000

Lot of people are going to get upset with this book. At the end, the environmentalists look like jokers and terrorists and there is enough drubbing of the Kyoto treaty. This guy could not even look up one bit of evidence to counter Crichton’s argument and he had no issues with all previous novels. So you know where the trigger came from.

As a work of fiction, this is not his best writing. But the idea expressed in very contrarian and hence its noveltly.

By: Shanti

Shanti — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:46:53 +0000

The funny thing though Sandeep, is that the reviewer just keeps blustering against Crichton without any real substance to back him up…

By: sandeep

sandeep — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:04:34 +0000

BTW, have you read this scathing review here?