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5 Speculative and Science Fiction Novels to Lose Your Body In

Do Androids really dream of any sheep at all? What do you think? What would you dream about, if your body never stopped changing (and trust me, your body really does never stop)? I am a deep lover of science fiction. I love vast and crazy worlds and impossible spaceships…

Ben Berman GhanAugust 22, 2024

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

CIA Hacker and Savvy Consultant Join Forces in Page-Turning Political Thriller

In this breakout series debut, a legendary CIA hacker and a savvy international consultant pair up to solve the assassination of a U.S. senator — only to discover they are next on the hit list. They slowly uncover a many-headed serpent of criminal data collection, smuggling and murder in Louisiana…

Peggy KurkowskiApril 1, 2024

Author Spotlight Thrillers

A Dire Warning for America in “Hate’s Recompense” by Joseph Gibson

Hate’s Recompense by Joseph Gibson is a warning of what the future of America could look like if we’re not careful. “It is a warning of how a ruthless president could exploit technology to take over the country and eradicate anyone who opposes him,” says the author. “The book is not about the…

Daniela RamrasAugust 3, 2020

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J. Luke Bennecke on Civil Engineering, Humanity and the Unforeseen Dangers of AI Technology

“This is the twenty-first century! We put a man on the moon almost 50 years ago, can video chat with anyone anywhere, and have super computers with speeds faster than anyone could have imagined just two decades ago. So why are we still tolerating traffic?” Luke Bennecke was driving on…

BookTribOctober 10, 2022

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BookTrib Giveaway: Ray Bradbury Gets a Run For His Money in this Sci-Fi Epic

*U.S. Entries Only* PGEgY2xhc3M9InJjcHRyIiBocmVmPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJhZmZsZWNvcHRlci5jb20vcmFmbC9kaXNwbGF5LzkzNjE0NTg0NTAwLyIgcmVsPSJub2ZvbGxvdyIgZGF0YS1yYWZsaWQ9IjkzNjE0NTg0NTAwIiBkYXRhLXRoZW1lPSJjbGFzc2ljIiBkYXRhLXRlbXBsYXRlPSI1YzAwODg5MjQ3MmJkODVhMGIxMTRhODUiIGlkPSJyY3dpZGdldF8ycWZlbTRqOCI+YSBSYWZmbGVjb3B0ZXIgZ2l2ZWF3YXk8L2E+CjxzY3JpcHQgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3dpZGdldC1wcmltZS5yYWZmbGVjb3B0ZXIuY29tL2xhdW5jaC5qcyI+PC9zY3JpcHQ+ "I finished reading Pandemonium last night and I LOVED it! It works on so many levels, which is what I especially like in a novel. I kept thinking this is what might have happened if Ray Bradbury had been a student of Aleister Crowley!" —Jim ,…

BookTribAugust 18, 2022

Fiction Thrillers

Humankind Faces Off Against Sentient Octopus Species in Futuristic Thriller

Ray Nayler’s debut is a dazzling exploration of consciousness, morality and environmentalism delivered through the vehicle of a near-future thriller. Complete with androids, espionage and corporate greed, the pages practically turn themselves in The Mountain in the Sea (MCD) — and we haven’t yet mentioned the hyper-intelligent humanlike species of…

Darryl OliverDecember 2, 2022

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AI Doesn’t Swear the Hippocratic Oath: A Biochemist Author’s Timely Thriller

Healthcare and Artificial Intelligence — two topics that seem to be ever-present in the news cycle. But what are these two seemingly separate matters doing in an exhilarating speculative thriller? Well, it turns out that Jennifer Lycette's The Algorithm Will See You Now (Black Rose Writing) isn't as far-out as…

BookTribMay 31, 2023

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New Novel Skillfully Weaves Artificial Intelligence, Martial Arts and Immortality

BookTribNovember 14, 2023

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Traverse Murky Shadows of Plagued, Dystopian City in New Graphic Novel

What does insanity taste like? I think a bit like cheese puffs and politics. Would you like a bite? The first line of Andrew Daily’s Esperanza: The Graphic Novel tells us a lot and also provides plenty to, ahem, chew on. For one thing, the “insanity” card points readers in…

Jim AlkonJune 13, 2023

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Gritty, Violent Technothriller Shows What Happens When Spirit and Science Collide

PJ Caldas’ The Girl From Wudang is a genre-bending masterpiece that seamlessly intertwines the worlds of immortality, martial arts, and artificial intelligence, offering readers an unforgettable journey through a landscape where science and spirituality collide. This captivating story challenges our perceptions of life and the tumultuous times we live in,…

Wyatt SemenukOctober 17, 2023

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5 Must-Reads About the Future of Technology and Humanity

The future is coming faster than anyone expected. With technology progressing at an increasingly rapid pace over the past couple of decades, people are more excited — or nervous — than ever. Some grin at the picture of utopian paradises like Star Trek while others cower at the prospect of…

BookTribApril 2, 2024

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Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” Explores Humanity and the Ethical Conundrum of AI

“A haunting fable of a lonely, moribund world that is entirely too plausible.” — Kirkus Reviews —∞— “Moving and beautiful … an unequivocal return to form, a meditation in the subtlest shades on the subject of whether our species will be able to live with everything it has created." — The Los…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitMarch 2, 2021

Fiction

Edgar Scott’s “418: I Am a Teapot” Warns of an Automated, and Unsettling, Future

How do we define our humanity? And who gets to make that definition? Edgar Scott’s 418: I Am a Teapot, a futuristic dystopian tale of a world where inner and outer lives may have little to do with one another, gives the reader much to ponder — and to be…

Gevera Bert PiedmontMarch 24, 2021

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A Haunted Agent Returns in Thrilling Style With “Status-6”

W. Craig Reed’s Status-6: An NCIS Special Ops Thriller (Permuted Press) sees grief-stricken NCIS Special Ops agent Jon Shay sent to the far corners of the earth to investigate the suicide of Petty Officer Paul Kelly. Never mind that in his own corner of the earth he’s struggling with suicidal…

Judy MorenoJune 4, 2021

Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Rollins Spins a Cautionary Tale of Artificial Intelligence

This cruel retort, made by the monster in Mary Shelley’s classic tale, Frankenstein, never fails to send chills up readers’ spines. But should the events depicted in James Rollins’ latest novel, Crucible (William Morrow), come to pass and scientists soon develop an artificial intelligence capable of warp-speed learning capacity, fact will…

Josie BrownJanuary 16, 2019

Podcasts Thrillers

Writers, Ink Podcast: Wendy Corsi Staub Explains Foreshadowing

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and…

Writers, InkJuly 10, 2023