Has anyone read State of Fear by Michael Crichton?

[Gnisy]

It's my first book by Michael Crichton and it set my knowledge of a lot of things back many years. I'm wondering if it had any impact to anyone else who read the book. Would appreciate your comments.

[LeMarchand]

Read it a while back. I normally enjoy Crichton's books, but thought it was very badly written: it seemed to consist of little more than spokespeople for the author's theories spouting off.

Crichton has also been noted for his 'novel' approach to research, and will cite non-existent sources for his information. (In "The Lost World" the 'bibliography' includes a book 'written' by one of the characters). He also occasionally gets on his high horse about some somewhat out-there pet theory ("Rising Sun's" Japanese world-takeover, for instance).

I would take his claims in"State of Fear" with a pinch of salt. It's an interesting, but (IMHO) badly-written and somewhat far-fetched book. Most of his other books are a lot better.

[Gnisy]

Right, for a moment there. It got me worried. Thanks