“How do you feel about the idea presented by the characters that science funding needs to undergo a major change in order to make results reliable? The idea that of course scientists will continue to find evidence for global warming because that is how they fund their jobs? It can also be easily applied to the consumer drug market, in that, why create cures when treating them creates more money. I find it easier to trust Crichton than any politician or scientist because he has nothing at stake in the ideas as others do.”
“but yes it does address global warming issue and a lot of other environmantal issues ... but i am not sure if all the given data is true facts ...”
“Yes. It is informative but not so entertaining. The plot was too slow for me.”
“I didn't consider this to be one of his best works. I did enjoy examining the different perspective he took on global warming and I wonder how much of the data he quoted is really accurate. What really grabbed me was the very end of the book where he talked about the study of eugenics. I had no idea that the study of eugenics was so prevalent at the turn of the century and that there were so many assumptions about its truth. Scary stuff.”
“Brilliant and insightful... his best work!”
“a good work of non fiction forced into a pathetic armour of fiction is wat this book came across as. his whole jungle sequence at the end was terribly amature.”
“Reading this book turned my off of Michael Crichton completely and possibly for good. In past books (like Jurassic Park) the science is incorporated as part of the story, but in this one, the "science" is preached at you as a series of sermons. The biggest flaw of all is the third ecoterrorist disaster--a tsunami?!?!? Come on, global warming doesn't cause tsunamis; earthquakes and other tectonic events cause tsunamis. If you are going to try to use science to validate your opinions, you'd better get the science right.”
“Appears to be one of his best researched books. I did enjoy this one very much for it's topic, but I am disappointed at the turn Crichton is taking in his writing. Both this one and the one that follows strike me as very different sorts of books as anything I've read from Mr. Crichton before. I still think Timeline and Prey are some of the best works of his that I've read.”
“Crichton made me think about Global Warming in a whole new way. The characters are fictitious but the facts are not. He documents his sources so that you know when you are reading fact. This one makes you think about politics and how they affect EVERYTHING we believe or don't believe.”
“I didn't enjoy this as much as other books by Crichton, but there was, as usual, food for thought in his writing. ”
