Yeah, yeah, I know you said only to pick fiction writers if we are desperate, but honestly, I don't know if I have ever read a non-fiction book that I truly liked. Or at least one that I immediately recognized as non-fiction. I say this because the way in which my favorite author, Richard Preston, creatively integrates science with the question "What if..." What started out as a summer reading assignment on "The Hot Zone" quickly bloomed into an obsession. After leaving the wonderful, Ebola-infested, world in THZ, I traveled on to explore "The Cobra Event" and "The Demon in the Freezer."
I really appreciate the way in which Preston makes science interesting, although vaguely (and at some points scarily) disturbing. He has the ability to calmly reveal the entire, horrifying, truth of various medical conditions/viruses, for which I heartily commend him.
For all those who haven't read anything by him, I strongly suggest that you check out his work. Caution though-- its not for the weak of constitution.
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