Intelligent Technothrillers

Hit me with all the intelligent, engaging technothrillers you can!

I've read most of Larry Bond's stuff. I think he is better than Tom Clancy.

Technothrillers can cover a lot of ground - both in the science fiction world and in the non-speculative one. Any favorite authors/books?

>3 AnnieMod: Yes. Michael Crichton is my favorite author.

>2 LamSon: Thank you. I'll put him on the list.

Dave Eggers The Circle
Ian McEwan Maschinen wie ich
Marc Elsberg BLACKOUT : Morgen ist es zu spät

I'll throw in some exciting tech stuff that might not quite qualify as thriller.

Phil Lapsley: Exploding the Phone
Tracy Kidder: The Soul of a new machine
Clifford Stoll: The Cuckoo's egg
Oliver Sacks: Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
John D. Clark: Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
Tsutomo Shimomura: Takedown

>5 handshakes: I would consider some stand alone novels first Red Phoenix, Vortex, Cauldron.
Red Storm Rising was a collaboration with Tom Clancy. It's the book put Bond on my radar.

Version Control by Dexter Palmer, for science fiction.

William Gibson, for example Pattern recognition, Spook country, and Zero history.

Cory Doctorow is a tech expert who also writes fiction, including the Little Brother series.

For more science fiction/fantasy, there's G. Willow Wilson's Alif the Unseen and Charles Stross's series The Laundry, which starts with Atrocity Archives.

>8 LamSon: Red Storm Rising is a military/political thriller with technology and intense situations. Great standalone read I agree with LamSon. Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton. Also Coma by Robin Cook. Consider them and Happy New Year.

>11 FirstandGoal: I've read Michael Crichton's entire bibliography. I've read books by Robin Cook and I wasn't particularly impressed. I'll have to give Red Storm Rising a chance.

Neal Stephenson ? Cryptonomicon, Reamde, Interface could all qualify, among other things, as tech-thrillers

>13 SandraArdnas: I do have a copy of Interface that I've been meaning to get around to... thanks, I'll have to bump it up on my list.

>1 handshakes: Handshakes: It sounds cheesy but I thought The President is Missing was really scary and unputdownable. It involves techie stuff.

Herr aller Dinge by Andreas Eschbach (dealing with nanorobotics)

>11 FirstandGoal: I am approaching the end of Red Phoenix Burning, the sequel to Red Phoenix. It's good. Just what I expect from Larry Bond.

If you're willing to head towards the mid-21st century, Ian McDonald has some big ideas along with plenty of action. I'm a fan of The Dervish House and River of Gods particularly.