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Get your kid off screens and into nature: new book How to Raise a Wild Child

Just heard author Scott Sampson interviewed by Michael Krasny on NPR’s “Forum”about his new book How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature. We need to find ways, individually and collectively, to … Continue reading →

New release book review: BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande

ScienceThrillers.com book review of Being Mortalby Atul Gawande. Publication date:October 2014 Category:nonfiction; medicine, end of life, long-term care Summary (from the publisher): In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not … Continue reading →

SciThri new releases: March 2015

After a too-long hiatus, here’s the monthlyroundup of newly-released, or new to me, indie science & medical thrillers. These books are among the many I don’t have time to read and review, but genre fans might enjoy. If you are … Continue reading →

New release YA book review: CHAOS THEORY by M. Evonne Dobson

ScienceThrillers.com book review of Chaos Theoryby M. Evonne Dobson. GIVEAWAY: Scroll down to enter to win a paper copy! Publication date:February 3, 2015 Category:young adult mystery Tech rating (out of 5;what does this mean?): Summary (from the publisher): Seventeen-year-old Kami … Continue reading →

Autoimmune flu: EE Giorgi on science of new SciThri IMMUNITY, part of APOCALYPSE WEIRD

E.E. Giorgi is one smart cookie, a scientist and a writer (after my own heart). At her blogshe explores fascinating science + fiction topics, and she writes speculative science fiction thrillers with real science in the concept. She has a … Continue reading →

New release book review: THE DOOMSDAY EQUATION by Matt Richtel

ScienceThrillers.com book review of The Doomsday Equationby Matt Richtel. Publication date:February 24, 2015 Category:thriller; technothriller Summary (from the publisher): From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author of A Deadly Wandering comes a pulse-pounding technological thriller—as ingenious as … Continue reading →

Progeria as murder? THE RUNAWAY CLOCK by Bill Carrigan

ScienceThrillers welcomes author Bill Carrigan to discuss his science-themed future thriller The Runaway Clock. I’m intrigued by the science of aging and the dark love affairs of scientists in this story. The year is 2033. Scientists are studying the aging … Continue reading →

Guest post: THE CERULEAN’S SECRET by Dennis Meredith

As a cat lover and fan of real science in fiction, this new title sounds like good fun to me. So I’m sharing the press release I received from the publisher. –Amy R, ScienceThrillers.com New Sci-Fi Novel Asks “WHAT IF … Continue reading →

Guest post: THE CERULEAN CAT by Dennis Meredith

As a cat lover and fan of real science in fiction, this new title sounds like good fun to me. So I’m sharing the press release I received from the publisher. –Amy R, ScienceThrillers.com New Sci-Fi Novel Asks “WHAT IF … Continue reading →

New release book review: THE AFFLICTIONS by Vikram Paralkar

ScienceThrillers.com book review of The Afflictionsby Vikram Paralkar. Publication date:October 31, 2014 Category:fiction essay; medical fiction; literary fiction Summary (from the publisher): Shadowing an elderly librarian on his first day at the great Central Library, Máximo is thrilled to get … Continue reading →