I bought this book for light reading on the flight to India but it was hardly a page turner. The book is an effort to question the basis for the frenzy surrounding climate change and global warming. It does this in an elaborate plot where folks who innocently believed the evidence provided by environmental groups in support of global warming are then forced to question their beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence. Environmental activists turn into vile terrorists who go to any length to manufacture evidence and generate publicity in support of their cause.
Halfway through the book I lost interest, but I kept plugging away to see how it ended. In the epilogue, the author cites his own skeptical views on global warming and how that influences the book.
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Given your interest in global warming and science-based novels, you might want to take a peek at "Rad Decision." This is a techno-thriller novel about the American nuclear power industry. Written by a longtime nuclear engineer, it provides an entertaining and accurate portrait of a nuclear power plant and how an accident might be handled. “Rad Decision” is at RadDecision.blogspot.com. There is no cost to readers.
Rad Decision was specifically written as an "airport paperback."
"I'd like to see Rad Decision widely read." -- Stewart Brand, futurist and founder of The Whole Earth Catalog.
"I started reading Rad Decision because of my interest in nuclear power - then found I could not put it down! ... Comparing it to Michael Crichton's "State of Fear", which also has the dual purposes of informing and entertaining, I think Rad Decision wins hands down - less didactic, more gripping." -- Reader comment from the Rad Decision website front page. [And no, he doesn't know the author personally.]
I hope you'll take the opportunity to check out this non-commerical project. The novel is available online in episodic form, or there is a PDF file for downloading. If you like what you read - please pass the word.
Regards,
James Aach
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