Richard Preston
Books and Stories

Richard Preston (b. 1954) writes for the New Yorker and writes extensively about infectious disease epidemics and bioterrorism. He received his Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. Select a novel or story title to see the inventions from that work:

The Cobra Event, Random House, 1997

 

 

 

 

 

Science Fiction in the News:

You Will Eat The Cookies Made From Plastic... (8/13/2026)

It's A Giant Robot! You Reporters Have Been Warned! (8/11/2026)

Birds Learn To Sing Pictures ala Frank Herbert's Distrans (8/9/2026)

ElectionSim: China's 'Ender's Game' Battle Sim, Or Lem's 'Kingdom In A Box'? (8/7/2026)

Tactile Skin Supplier Map (8/5/2026)

Flock Stymied By 'Adversarial Fashion' (8/3/2026)

Orb Nomad Zero-Emission Electric Aircraft (8/1/2026)

ICE Buys Shock Gloves Like Batman's (7/29/2026)

Factories In The Sky Will Surpass Those Of Earth (7/27/2026)

Sleeper Drones Lie in Wait (7/25/2026)

 

 

 

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