Comments on: The Great Train Robbery, Michael Crichton, Giving The Devil His Due https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/27/the-great-train-robbery-michael-crichton-giving-the-devil-his-due/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Christopher Winter https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/27/the-great-train-robbery-michael-crichton-giving-the-devil-his-due/#comment-979548 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:49:39 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=34637#comment-979548 Rising Sun came out in 1992. The late ’80s and early ’90s were a time when people who should know predicted that Japan was about to eat America’s lunch, economically speaking. A prominent book of the time was The Japan that Can Say No (Simon & Schuster, 1991) So, whatever he did in his novel, Crichton had some basis for the theme.

Not so with State of Fear — as you note. Here’s what I wrote about it, back in the day:

http://www.chris-winter.com/Erudition/Reviews/SciFiFic/Crichton_M/Mikes_Miedo.html

Those interested in Crichton’s treatment of global warming can scroll down to the link “Bogus science in State of Fear

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