What is the author's style in State of Fear by Michael Crichton?

Crichton uses straightforward prose, neither eloquent nor overly colloquial. He relies on content more than nuances of language to tell his story, and in this is an excellent communicator. In a romantic novel, this style would come off rather bland, but it serves the science fiction and techno-thriller genres well, where the development of concepts trumps the development of characters. The only unusual language is some laborious - and largely unpronounceable - technical terms, sprinkled in for effect.