State of Fear

First off, before I start talking about State of Fear, I would like to mention that I am writing this post and it is not a Sunday night. I'm pretty proud of myself because I actually remembered to blog! I often times forget about them until Sunday, which isn't like me since I'm normally very on top of things. Anyway, besides that, I am also very excited to be finished reading State of Fear.

It was a good book, and I actually did enjoy most of it. I think it was just difficult for me to get through the assigned readings. I did get the book finished on time though, and I thought it was pretty good. I thought Crichton made a fairly good argument and it was entertaining as well. I didn't like it as much of other books of his that I've read though mainly because it focused more on the political and large corporation part than some of his other stuff. It also didn't seem to have as much action as Timeline or Jurassic Park. So, although it wasn't as exciting it was still a good read. It was nice reading something for a class that wasn't necessarily great literature. It's been a long time since I got to read a book like that for class.

As for the global warming part of the book, I cannot say what I really believe. I have been sort of skeptical about global warming from the start, but I think that's mostly because my parents are highly doubtful of it. I haven't done the research to form an opinion for myself yet, and I don't want to say it doesn't exist simply on the basis that my parents don't believe in it. It was therefore very interesting reading State of Fear and then reading the article "Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid" in our book. They were both so different but both seemed like they could be right. I think doing research on this topic will help me formulate an opinion. It's kind of nice that I get to do the research because I've been wanting to for a while anyway to figure out what I think but I just don't have the time. This assignment will force me to do the digging anyway, so that's a plus.

I suppose this is a part of the college experience. The whole figuring out your own opinion and becoming your own person type of thing. I'm excited that I get to do some of that for this class, even if it's only on one topic for now. Hopefully by the time I graduate I will have learned a lot about this world and will be able to defend what I believe more effectively.