I’ve read this multiple times but not for the last 7-8 years. Go back and reread this book or read it for the first time. So much still holds true that it’s truly astounding.

While I echo many of the arguments of the author, including what happened to Galileo and the warming trend from the mini-Ice Age, I still found his advocacy too shrill, and the antagonists too caricatured. Reasonable people can disagree without rendering the opposing view as cartoonishly naive, uninformed, and bombastic. My opinion is that the author was so busy writing advocacy that he neglected the story. For example, lose ends: what happened to Nick Drake and his co-conspirators? What about the henchmen like Marisa and Jimmy? If Kenner is from a highly classified government agency, why can’t he call on professional resources instead of taking along untrained civilians on mission after dangerous mission? How did Morton transform from out-of-shape trust-fund playboy to jungle survivalist? Why he was even more adept at jungle survival and eluding capture than professionals like Kenner. What’s the story with Jennifer Haynes? Lawyer? Special-forces? Double-agent? What are the chances of an autonomous robot happening upon 2 near death people in Antarctica? Having read 3 of Crichton’s books, I believe this is by far the weakest.

It shook me up. Brilliant research. Excellent bibliography. It makes you realize how inconsequential our actions are in the ocean of time. As was aptly emphasized we have to understand that we cannot preserve nature but learn to manage. A remarkable push for dissociating politics and science!

Very informative!

A very good read. I had no idea, going into it, of the climate change skepticism behind it. Egad, could all those right wing conservatives be onto something?! I assumed their position was taken so as to continue making money from taking combustibles out of the earth and putting them into our air and water. I wonder how Crichton felt about simply protecting the environment, global warming or no.

I've long been a Crichton fan and, though not in my view one of his best, I enjoyed this book. The "hero" escapes death by a hair's breadth a few too many times but there's a lot of action. There is also a lot of thought provoking information plunged into the plot and I loved the Kenner character.

Fantastic read, based on an intense dedication to research. MC didn't want to write this book, because he knew it would upset the eco crowd. But his plot was so solidly based on research, that even Congress asked him to testify about global warming. I believe the stress of the controversy of this book contributed to his fatal heart attack. I couln't put it down.

Eye opening Science and facts Vs Political Opinion A fight for truth Stopping environmental destruction is good but know the facts Choose your battles that will make a difference vs making it worst

Crichton once again stirs the pot and brings up some startling facts about global warming set in a nail-biting scenario. A good, if sometimes dry, read.

Although the mechanisms to create catastrophe seemed a little far-fetched, the content of the story was interesting.