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New release book meta-review: REVERSION by Amy Rogers

“If you like fast paced thrillers so realistic they’ll make you want to move to a bunker, then you’ve found your novel.” PopcornReads.com ScienceThrillers.com presents a compilation of book reviews of REVERSIONby Amy Rogers. Yes, that’s me, which is why … Continue reading →

New release: JURASSIC DEAD by Rick Chesler

ST: I just saw that science thriller writer Rick Chesler has a new release. Part SciThri, part horror, loads of fun, JURASSIC DEAD combines extremophile microbiology with–zombie dinosaurs. Jurassic Dead by Rick Chesler An Antarctic research team hoping to study … Continue reading →

A blacklight in the darkness: The science of Glowsticks & Halloween lights

‘Tis the season for eerie lights. At Halloweenyou’ll see glow-in-the-dark face paint, creepy decorations shining ghostly green under black light, and glow sticks dangling from the necks of trick-or-treaters. These lights are different from sunlight or ordinary light bulbs. They’re … Continue reading →

Book Buzz: TOKYO KILL by Barry Lancet

At ScienceThrillers.com, I specialize in books that have scientific or medical content (see my post on how this is different from science fiction). But sometimes I come across a book that simply is too good not to share, even if … Continue reading →

Top 25 science / STEM contests for kids 2014-2015

ScienceThrillers.com is proud to compile this list of the year’s top science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) contests and competitions for the 2014-2015 school year. Please share, tweet, re-post this list to parents, educators, potential sponsors and judges. Encourage–heck, force–your … Continue reading →

Author Guest Post: Janice Gable Bashman on PREDATOR

ScienceThrillers.com welcomes author Janice Gable Bashman in a guest post discussing her latest young adult (YA) scifi thriller novel, Predator. Summary: The hunt is on! Sixteen-year-old Bree Sunderland must inject herself with an untested version of her father’s gene therapy … Continue reading →

New release book review: THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH by Jennifer L. Holm

ScienceThrillers.com book review of THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH by Jennifer L. Holm. (extraordinary; top 10-15% of SciThri) Publication date:August 26, 2014 Category: middle grade science-themed fiction Tech rating (out of 5;what does this mean?): Summary (from the publisher): Galileo. Newton. Salk. … Continue reading →

New release book review: ON IMMUNITY, AN INOCULATION by Eula Biss

ScienceThrillers.com book review and giveaway of On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss. Scroll down to enter to win a paperback advance reader copy (ARC) of this important new release Publication date:September 30, 2014 Category: narrative nonfiction; essay; memoir Summary … Continue reading →

SciThri new releases: September 2014

This month’s roundup 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 an author or publicist … Continue reading →

Should you get an advance copy of REVERSION by Amy Rogers?

*Gene therapy, medical tourism, illicit drugs, black-market organs, killer chimpanzees, a dying child, and a $50,000 dog at an elite private hospital in Mexico* “REVERSION has everything I love about science thrillers: an exotic setting, a brilliant protagonist, a terrifying … Continue reading →