_"Deeply engaging, and cleverly weaves history and chess into a thought provoking tale!"_ - New York Times bestseller Wesley Chu _"A luminous game of chess between art and science that is played across the page with lethal precision._ " - John W. Campbell Award-winning Lavie Tidhar Inspir
Duchamp Versus Einstein
โ Scribed by Christopher Hinz
- Publisher
- Watkins Media;Angry Robot
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 338 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"Deeply engaging, and cleverly weaves history and chess into a thought provoking tale!"
- New York Times bestseller Wesley Chu
"A luminous game of chess between art and science that is played across the page with lethal precision. " - John W. Campbell Award-winning Lavie Tidhar
Inspired by Marcel Duchamp's archived letters, Duchamp versus Einstein is a science fiction novelette spanning some of the most monumental events of the 20th century, and bringing together two of the most transformative figures of the era in art and science for a surreal chess match that could reshape history.
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File Under_ : Science Fiction[ First Encounters | Dada | Manhattan Project | Endgame ]
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