Editor's Summary
10 January 2008
V. good?
Is the world ready for a Bridget Jones' Diary for scientists? Publishers Delacorte Press seem to think so: the cover of A Version of the Truth, by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack, has the authentic 'chick lit' feel of the best-selling journal. It's reviewed in Books & Arts this week, together with two more fact-oriented examples of the emerging 'science-as-fiction' genre.
Books and Arts: From bench to book
Web publishing and marketing might put more science into fiction and attract new readers.
doi:10.1038/451128a