Comments on: Sunday Salon — Science

By: Lacer

Lacer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:29:39 +0000

An interesting idea, I’m a biologist, although not ‘practicing’ now, I worked in forensics for five years and I do like reading about ‘my kind’.

The last ‘science’ book I read, ‘The End of Mr.Y’, I don’t think it’d meet LabLit’s criteria as a science book as it goes beyond actual science and into the idea of alternative realities and goes into some very heavy physics, it is however absolutely excellent.

By: Brittanie

Brittanie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:38:55 +0000

I have a Biology degree and I am working on my masters right now. One of my favorite books is The Canopy by Angela Hunt. She has a great blog
http://www.alifeinpages.blogspot.com
She also has a few other books with science in them including Unspoken.

By: 3M

3M — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:30:05 +0000

Sure, Peggy! That would be great.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:26:59 +0000

Oh, and is it OK if I publicize the Science in Fiction project on my blog?

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:26:27 +0000

I do love science in fiction (see my blog link), and this sounds like a cool project. Some of the books you mention are on my “to read” list, so this is a good excuse to actually start reading them.

By: Jacob Russell

Jacob Russell — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:15:30 +0000

For science and literature, you can’t do better that Richard Powers, novelist with a degree in physics, has worked as a programmer.

The Gold Bug Variations. Bach… and the discovery of DNA.

Galatea 2.2: Language acquisition and AI.

Plowing the Dark: Virtual Reality

The Echo Maker. Brain disorder, perception and identiy

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:41:41 +0000

Neat idea, Michelle. I signed up because I actually have some books that fit on my shelves. The Zookeeper’s Wife I think would work here – I listened to the author talk about this book last night on Book TV and I happen to have the book on my shelf! I also posted this to A Novel Challenge blog

By: Lezlie

Lezlie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:38:52 +0000

What a cool idea! Once I get things in order again, I will be joining in!

Lezlie

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:30:35 +0000

I LOVE science in books but I’ve never thought of it as an actual genre. Thanks for the link to lablit.com; I will definitely be using their list to add to my TBR stack.

By: Tania Hershman

Tania Hershman — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:07:02 +0000

Hey, what a great idea. I am also a geek – I studied Maths and Physics – and I love science, although I don’t do Science. I was too bad at it. LabLit is great site, they published one of my short stories last year. Half of the stories that are in my forthcoming collection are what I call “science-inspired” – they take quotes from science articles as their starting point. There is science in some of them, but not all.

Einstein’s Dreams is one of my all-time favourite books. Read that first. I am off to sign up for your project.

Tania