Podcast
Behind the Bastards
It was a techno-thriller novel that also served as Crichton's manifesto against the politicization of science regarding climate change, presenting a fictional narrative where environmentalists created disasters to promote their agenda, and was later criticized for its biased portrayal of the issue.
In 2001, Michael Crichton released State of Fear, the second to last novel he would publish in his lifetime.
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It was a techno-thriller novel that also served as Crichton's manifesto against the politicization of science regarding climate change, presenting a fictional narrative where environmentalists created disasters to promote their agenda, and was later criticized for its biased portrayal of the issue.
In 2001, Michael Crichton released State of Fear, the second to last novel he would publish in his lifetime.
The plot was that a group of radical environmentalists using experimental technology were attempting to create a series of natural disasters in order to convince the public of the dangers of global warming.
While a work of fiction, State of Fear also served as Crichton's manifesto against what he called the Politico-legal-media complex, which had politicized science and unjustly scared people about the dangers of climate change.
It received widespread praise from conservatives. Senator Jim Imhoff declared it required reading for the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works.
