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Best and Worst Science in Movies

Last week Smithsonian.com posted two articles by Megan Gambino on the top 5 “Science Done Right” and “Science Done Wrong” movies. This is a topic near and dear to me, though the focus here at ScienceThrillers.com is novels not movies. … Continue reading →

Latest indie book review: Murder with a French Accent

By Janet Hannah (no star rating given for indies) SUMMARY (from amazon): (fiction with science; mystery)Microbiologist Alex Kertesz has developed a commercially valuable strain of bacteria in his laboratory at the University of Jerusalem. When a small French company acquires … Continue reading →

Thriller Science: Custom-made replacement body parts

Today the New York Times featured some hard-to-believe-it’s-not-fiction science on the front page. The headline: “A First: Tailor-Made With Body’s Own Cells.” At the Karolinska Institue in Sweden (and elsewhere), scientists are using stem cells taken from adult patients who … Continue reading →

New release book review: QUARANTINE by John Smolens

No star rating given because this book is not a thriller Publication date: Sept. 4, 2012 Category:medical historical fiction Summary (from the publisher): The year is 1796, and a trading ship arrives in the vibrant trading town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. … Continue reading →

Latest indie book review: SAVING HOPE by Liese Sherwood-Fabre

a Rafflecopter giveaway Small press release by Musa Publishing (no star rating given for indies) SUMMARY (from the back cover): (science thriller; romantic suspense) In one of Siberia’s formerly closed cities, Alexandra Pavlova, an unemployed microbiologist, struggles to save her … Continue reading →

Latest book review: ALTAR OF EDEN by James Rollins

a Rafflecopter giveaway (very good; top 50% of SciThri) Year published: 2010 Category: science thriller Tech rating (out of 5): Summary (from the publisher): Following the fall of Baghdad, two Iraqi boys stumble upon armed men looting the city zoo. … Continue reading →

Confessions of a science nerd wannabe: Guest post by author C.E. Lawrence

ScienceThrillers welcomes author and playwright C.E. Lawrence, a self-professed “science nerd wannabe.” In this guest post, she discusses her physics-themed play Strings and her new serial killer thrillerSilent Slaughter,which features a math-obsessed villain. ************ C.E. Lawrence: From as early as … Continue reading →

Short story review: FLOODGATE by Matt Richtel

I discovered author and Pulitzer prizewinning journalist Matt Richtel through Devil’s Plaything, his most recent science thriller novel. If you read my review, Floodgate is a teaser for Richtel’s next novel The Cloud, due for release in January 2013. I’m … Continue reading →

SciThri new releases: August 2012

This month’s roundup of newly-released, or new to me, 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 and … Continue reading →

Thriller Science: Hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite National Park

Is it a sign of sociopathy to have a fondness for killer germs? I hope not, because I suffer from a morbid fascination with agents of deadly infections. My interest is not equal-opportunity; some pathogens are more interesting than others. … Continue reading →