Defending the Fort: Michael Crichton, Pulp Fiction, and Green Conspiracy

Patrick Belanger

doi:10.1057/9781137433749_3

Defending the Fort: Michael Crichton, Pulp Fiction, and Green Conspiracy

Patrick Belanger

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Abstract

This chapter addresses the intersection of voice, narrative, and argument. All seek an audience, and all aim to constitute evaluative grounds. My case study is science-fiction author Michael Crichton’s broad critique of the North American environmental movement as exemplified in two texts: a 2003 speech titled “Environmentalism as religion,” and the 2004 thriller novel State of Fear. Each work strategically orchestrates the spheres of personal, technical, and public argumentation (Goodnight, 1982) and thus invites critique of the politically dexterous voice of a prominent writer.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Voice and Environmental Communication
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137433749_3
State	Published - 2014

Keywords

Environmental communication
Michael Crichton
State of Fear

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities
Rhetoric and Composition
Communication
Environmental Studies

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