Crichton Architects a Conspiracy in 'State of Fear'

By Alan Cheuse

Published December 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

In his new novel about a global-warming information conspiracy, Michael Crichton gives us a 600-page "page-burner" bolstered by footnotes, charts and graphs. Reviewer Alan Cheuse reviews State of Fear.

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