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Michael Crichton, Michael Crichton: State of Fear (Hardcover, 2004, Harpercollins)

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English language

Published May 16, 2004 by Harpercollins.

ISBN:
978-0-7394-4815-1
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3 stars (36 reviews)

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 techno-thriller State of Fear. Only Crichton’s unique ability to blend scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction could bring such disparate elements to a heart-stopping conclusion.

This is 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 on a roller-coaster thrill ride, all the while keeping the brain …

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I really like all of Crichton's books... except this one. There is just too much long winded preachy dialogue ... which gets annoying and also makes the dialogue unrealistic. He hammers his points again and again so often I lost interest, got fed up and skimmed over the multiple pages of speeches.

A very disappointing book.

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