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An alternative-history of Benoit Mandelbrot, a famed Jewish mathematician who survived the Nazi occupation of France during WW2. This is a story woven with religion, coming of age, and magical calculations. Mandelbrot's family is pushed west by the advancing German army, from Warsaw to Paris to Tulle. His once-mentor uncle is able to escape with... Continue Reading →
The bifurcation of time and love. The ache of the longing to help a child. Mike Chen's Here and Now and Then is an excellent time-travel novel that is a contemplation of memory disguised as a page-turner. Kin is a Tempural Crimes agent whose job is to weed out corruption in the timeline. But a... Continue Reading →
A grieving African-American scientist uses the inspiration of Dr. Frankenstein's monster to piece together her son, who has been killed by a police officer while walking home with a baseball bat that is mistaken for a gun. The real monster emerges from his centuries sleep from the Arctic ice to go on a killing rampage...... Continue Reading →
Twins born with abilities beyond normal skills and talents. A connection that spans a continent and across the reaches of time. Roger and Dodger have a gift of language and mathematics, respectively. They were adopted and placed in families on either side of the United States (Palo Alto and Cambridge), and at a certain age... Continue Reading →
I read Russell's Snagglepuss last month and thought it was one of the best graphic novels I've ever read... So, I wanted to continue with his work. He did not disappoint. A new take on the first family of Bedrock, The Flintstones. A reimagining of the crew with a new spin on all things Stone... Continue Reading →
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