State of Fear

Tuesday, July 11 2006 @ 09:47 AM GMT+4

State of Fear, Michael Crichton.  Crichton gets extremely preachy with this thriller that's a follow-up to his speech last year claiming global warming didn't exist. In my opinion, what's more disturbing is that he also tries to counter most post colonialist discourse by portraying 'natives' as cannibalistic savages and claiming a version of the "white man's burden" in an extended statement about the benefits of European civilization.

Originally read December 2004

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