RM> I often suggest that people who really want to know more, and not
RM> just go with the popular talk, should read a book by Michael Crichton
RM> called State of Fear, an entertaining thriller about eco-terrorists
RM> but which contains a lot of factual information about climate change
RM> and even lists the scientific articles to back it all up.

AA>The book is certainly an odd creation of speculation, fiction,
  >and fact.

Sometimes the only way to get facts in front of people is to
include them in a fantasy environment. It makes me think about
all the Sci-Fi books by authors who are often highly educated
scientists (Like Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan)
who used entertaining stories to get some actual science into
the heads of mostly young readers.

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