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Techno-Thrillers
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Techno-Thrillers

Techno-thrillers explore the ramifications of emerging technology, science, or natural phenomena in a story where your pulse races to thriller intensity at least briefly. The genre tends toward the relatively near-reaching possibilities of sci-fi, and usually includes enough technical detail/explanation to satisfy your inner geek. This is not your classic crime mystery novel. Not a galaxy far, far away. Not a fantasy. Nothing magical. Plausible physics on/near Earth in roughly the near present/f ...more
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Books & Literature -> Mystery & Thrillers
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action, adventure, ai, artificial-intelligence, clancy, computer, crouch, cyberpunk, digital, and hacking
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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
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The Stand
The Stand
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+ NEWCOMERS / GUIDELINES
* Photo: What's the group image?
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* Intro/Welcome: Who, What, When, Where & How
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last updated Jan 02, 2026 07:16PM
* Book Lists: Rank Your Reads / Plan Your Next
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* Pro Tip: Use a browser, in Desktop mode, NOT the app
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* What’s a techno-thriller?
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* 2026: What are you reading?
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last updated Jan 01, 2026 08:17PM
2026 Q1: The Stand by Stephen King
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2026 JAN: The War of the Worlds by HG Wells
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last updated Dec 20, 2025 09:26AM
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Feb 2026 BOTM: time to vote
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This topic has been closed to new comments. Jan 2026 BOTM: polls closed
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This topic has been closed to new comments. Dec 2025 BOTM: polls closed
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This topic has been closed to new comments. Nov 2025 BOTM: polls closed
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This topic has been closed to new comments. Oct 2025 BOTM: polls closed
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+ PAST READS
* 2025: What were your favorite reads of 2025?
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last updated Nov 21, 2025 09:21AM
Dec 2025 BOTM: Contact by Carl Sagan
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last updated Dec 29, 2025 10:09AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. 2025: What’re you reading?
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last updated Dec 24, 2025 09:16AM
Dec 2025 BOTM: Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez
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last updated Dec 17, 2025 10:22AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. 2025: What’s on your TBR list?
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last updated Dec 17, 2025 08:03AM
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* March 2026: Project Hail Mary - Movie Trailer Out Now
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last updated Jul 01, 2025 02:26PM
Fall 2026 Watch: Neuromancer on Apple TV+
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last updated Nov 16, 2025 10:41AM
May 2025 Watch: Murderbot on Apple TV+
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last updated Jul 13, 2025 06:19PM
Nov 2024-Jan 2025 Watch (TV Series): Silo by Hugh Howey
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last updated Jan 18, 2025 11:15AM
Nov 2024-Jan 2025 Watch (TV Series): The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
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last updated Jan 10, 2025 08:52AM
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+ BUDDY READS
* Jul 2024 BR: Delta-V by Daniel Suarez
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last updated Jul 20, 2024 11:59AM
Sep 2024 BR: Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy
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last updated Sep 06, 2024 02:06PM
May 2024 BR: Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
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last updated Jun 10, 2024 08:09PM
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* Tom Clancy Challenge
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last updated Dec 28, 2024 07:28PM
* Michael Crichton Challenge
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last updated Sep 21, 2025 07:32PM
Dan Brown Challenge
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last updated Oct 16, 2025 05:36PM
Ice/Water Challenge
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last updated Jun 27, 2025 06:20PM
Space Challenge
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+ AUTHORS / BOOK PROMOTION
New book The Kingmaker and the Caliphate
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Free book alert
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last updated Dec 26, 2025 08:23AM
If manifestation is real, even a little, what happens if AI figures it out first?
By Steven · 1 post · 3 views
last updated Nov 27, 2025 05:30PM
Technothriller New Release
By Xander · 1 post · 7 views
last updated Nov 19, 2025 09:27PM
PUDDING HEROES - AI Psychological Techno-Thriller (Nov 2025)
By Steven · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Nov 19, 2025 10:54AM
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Bookshelf (showing 1-12 of 78)

Contact
Contact
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Dec 31, 2025
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Critical Mass
Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2)
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Dec 31, 2025
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Snow Crash
Snow Crash
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Nov 30, 2025
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Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
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The Secret of Secrets
The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon, #6)
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Aggressor
Aggressor (Aggressor #1)
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Oct 30, 2025
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Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
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Sep 30, 2025
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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Sep 30, 2025
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Beachhead
Beachhead (Aggressor #2)
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Change Agent
Change Agent
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The Yamanaka Factors: A Thriller
The Yamanaka Factors: A Thriller
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Sphere
Sphere
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A meteor in the ice Image of a sniper from Day of the Jackal A hypersonic missile techno-thriller. This is a photo of a deep water submersible, which only briefly comes into play in Deep Storm.
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