[Josh Randal]

Great book "State Of Fear". Sometimes scenes in a novel can be so rewarding such as the one you describe, :)

[Alouette]

The character is a spoof of Martin Sheen ("I play the President on TV! I play the President on TV!") but c ould just as easily be Sean Penn.

They will NEVER make this into a movie, just like they will NEVER make Vince Flynn's novels into movies.

[ggekko60506]

The link shown below points to Crichton's devastating critique of the "science" behind the Global Warming Controversy:

http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/complexity/complexity.html

I encourage everyone to read this article as it illustrates the perils of blindly following the ever shifting scientific "consensus" in formulating Public Policy.