First edition cover
Author Michael Crichton
Country United States


State of Fear is a 2004 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton concerning eco-terrorists who attempt mass murder to support their views. The novel had an initial print run of 1.5 million copies and reached the #1 bestseller position at Amazon.com and #2 on the New York Times Best Seller list for one week in January 2005. The book contains many graphs and footnotes, two appendices, and a twenty page bibliography. However, a majority of climate scientists dispute Crichton's science as being error-filled and distorted
Dystopian novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date December 7, 2004
Media type Print (Hardcover)

This book is a real interesting one. The concepts will make you question if anything you read in the news papers or see on the news is real or being fabricated to seem as though it is real. The book has many references on each page making it feel very legitimate. It will be interesting to follow up on the references and see how much difference has been created in the making of this book or is it a reality?