There was a major shift in the fall of 1989. We counted the frequency of certain concepts and terms used by the media. We also looked at stories in the newspapers of New York, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle. We looked at transcripts of news programs of the major networks – NBC, ABC, CBS. If you study the media, seeking to find shifts in normative conceptualization, you discover something extremely interesting. Some of the references may seem a little dated, it’s from 2004 after all, but none of that invalidates the central argument. I have edited that conversation into a monologue, stripped off the parts that are only relevant to the story, and what emerges is a remarkably astute assessment of today’s media landscape. It does so through the fictional character of Professor Norman Hoffman, who has a long conversation with the book’s protagonist. Although a work of fiction, it was widely criticized for its controversial stance on climate change, and with all the noise another -equally important- aspect of the book was unfortunately overlooked: it exposes, criticizes, and condemns the politico-legal-media complex (PLM).Īs much as the book offered a different perspective on climate change and its science, the part about the PLM really resonated with me, as it verbalized my own thoughts and feelings on the matter with startling clarity. Crichton does place blame on "industry" in both the plot line and the appendices.I’d like to offer up and discuss an excerpt from Michael Crichton’s 2004 thriller “State of Fear”. The main villains in the plot are environmental extremists. Crichton supplies a personal afterword and two appendices that link the fictional part of the book with real examples of his thesis. The debate over global warming serves as the backdrop for the book. State of Fear is, like many of Crichton's books, a fictional work that uses a mix of speculation and real world data, plus technological innovations as fundamental storyline devices. Many Climate scientists, science journalists, environmental groups, and science advocacy organisations dispute Crichton's views on the science as being error-filled and distorted. 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. State of Fear is a 2004 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, in which eco-terrorists plot mass murder to publicize the danger of global warming.
2004 "First Edition" stated Harper Collins publishers, New York hardbound in ebony boards with red lucid lettering on cover and along spine very good condition with unmarked pages, appears unread decorative dust jacket very good.
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