I stopped reading Gordon R. Dickson's "Time Storm" after about 200 pages. He went into the 'mental powers' mode, indistinguishable from Fantasy. I didn't find any serious ideas in this book -- definitely not 'hard scifi'.
Finished Asimov's "Positronic Man". 1993. Asimov died in 1992, so this was published after his death. Silverberg finished it, according to Wikipedia, tho there is no hint of this in the Bantam paperback I have. Good ideas, something my kid should read. A reasonable story, but obviously 'old style' SciFi in the Campbell mode. Long explanations via stilted dialogs are the main diagnostic for this.
Started reading "Cancer" by Bill Sardi. Sardi is mostly scientific, but, in some of his writing, is willing to rely on a single case to make his points. The book I bought has a 16-page addendum that presents a lot of research, good context for concluding that there is a lot that can be done to reduce the chances of dying of cancer.
Also, I found this while watching TEDMED :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMSGP2ONfBc.
This technology is a complete replacement for the FDA.
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