I didn't read the review--more than I can bear. But I have been in an ice
storm in dallas--happen every winter, also snow. Not unusual for the
interior of the continent to have colder winters and hotter summers than
the coasts at the same lattitude.
Mark
At 11:17 AM 1/3/2005, you wrote:
>Well I sure can't trust H Sterling Burnett if he thinks Crihton is a
>good writer. It's been a long time, but my memory tells me that
>'wooden' would be high praise.
>
>I really doubt that a few environmental scientists could find the money
>to launch a conspiracy of the type the novel seems to present. And snow
>in Dallas may indeed be a sign of global warming, & the wild changes
>that it will bring about....
>
>Doug
>On 2-Jan-05, at 4:41 PM, Rebecca Seiferle wrote:
>
>>Here's a couple of links taking different looks at Crichton's new
>>bestseller -State
>>of Fear_, there's also a good review at _The New Yorker_ but I'm just
>>including
>>the links for these two opposing views, interesting though, the
>>suggestion of a
>>corporate turn toward fiction as propaganda?
>>
>>http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_288429.html
>>
>>http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_287992.html
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Rebecca
>>
>
>
>Douglas Barbour
>Department of English
>University of Alberta
>Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
>(780) 436 3320
>http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
>
>Although they are
>
>Only breath, words
>which I command
>are immortal
>
> Sappho (Mary Barnard trans)
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