Hi everyone,

I am a readerholic. Always looking for a new author. I like mystery books, they relax me after a day of work and I would like to find one where the author talks about Science and actually KNOWS what he is talking about. See, what I mean? None of that CSI crap: no PCR doesn't happen in 5 mn.

So if you have something to recommend, please let me know. And don't be shy, I'll borrow it a the library and won't waste money anyway

Hi maddie
I never read novels.. i actually hate it but i ve heard that robin cook writes good medical suspence novels... might interest u!!

PI, Robin Cook is actually a great writer..I've read most of his novels..But one of them named Abduction is the only one which I started reading and didnt find it interesting, but this is not the regular Robin Cook medical thriller..I bought this book, read it half way and stopped...I'm currently using it as a platform for my laptop

Hi Maddie, Thr is a book named weird science if you like to read the mystery stuff..I forgot the name of the author, but was interesting stuff..Tried googling it, no luck


Found it at last

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=b...&sa=title#p

A tile with Science and UFO in the same sentence?
Thanks gogreen, I will jump and take the risk..then I'll come back with a review..

If you want more of sound science but less mystery (if at all), then Carl Djerassi might be good. Science-in-fiction is the genre called in wikipedia, Cantors Dilemma, NO, The Bourbaki Gambit, etc.

Not really mystery, but my favorite science fiction book by far is War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

Here's a short list, I just got, actually I only read one of it some time ago but didn't liked it (I'm not a Crichton fan anyway). Therefore I cannot guarantee for scientific quality (and writing skills):


<*>Jean-Christophe Rufin: Le Parfum d'Adam (microbiology)
<*>Michael Crichton: State of Fear (ecology)
<*>Martin Suter: Small World (neurology)
<*>Catherine Gildiner: Seduction (psychology)
<*>Kathy Reichs: Grave Secrets (forensic); several other titles too
<*>Adam Fawer: Improbable (mathematics)
<*>Ken Follett: The Third Twin (genetics)
<*>Douglas Preston / Lincoln Child: The Cabinet of Curiosities (chemistry)

hmmm...I have found Robin Cook to have poor science and thin plots, but that's just my opinion.

I like Patricia Cornwell. I'm no pathologist, but there don't seem to be a lot of glaring inconsistencies in the science.

and I know what you mean! Agent Scully is forever my hero; she can do a Southern Blot in about 2 hours....

smu on Dec 2 2009, 01:46 AM said:

I've never read the book, but love the film and radio adaptions.
I really like "Day of Triffids" by John Wyndham

Written in the early 1950's, but it gets a grip on genetic technology before that was really understood.