State of Fear is a 2004
techno-thriller novel by
Michael Crichton in which
eco-terrorists plot
mass murder to publicize the danger of
global warming. Despite being a work of fiction, the book contains many graphs and footnotes, two appendices, and a twenty-page bibliography in support of Crichton's beliefs about global warming.
Climate scientists, science journalists, environmental groups and science advocacy organisations dispute Crichton's views on the science as being error-filled and distorted, and it was described as "pure porn for global warming deniers" by journalist
Chris Mooney.