I just finished this novel by the creator of Jurassic Park and Congo. Congo I read, Jurassic Park I'd seen. They're both fast paced, exciting and interesting plots where you learn a lot.
State of Fear isn't that kind of a book though. It's not well knit, it doesn't hold well, some of the stuff is totally unreal (yes, I know that living dinosaurs are as well). It goes against everything that we've heard about from Al Gore and others, the United Nations.... everyone.
The book centres around a group called NERF that is intent on using eco terrorism to create a State of Fear so that they can bring to light the problems facing the Earth today and how climate change is detrimental to Mother Nature. Good intentions but bad information can be a deadly combination. That's the bottom line.
Why would you take a group of amateurs to diffuse a plot that will kill millions? Did the author think the plot through? What will a rich philanthropist contribute to a guerilla situation? Why would you put in some of your own views regarding polluting activists and exploiting hypocrites in a novel that is not really going to lead anywhere?
I don't really know. I don't think I was left with much after I finished this novel. Even White Tiger was better. At least it gave some food for thought. To think that fear of communism has been replaced by fear of global warming - is far fetched. I think that fear of terrorism is much much more.
Not that I don't think we should be eco conservative and keep our environment clean.
But to say it is a conspiracy. I don't think so.
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