Launch!
Welcome to this website! This website provides information on the novel A Life Full of Quarks, including free-to-read sample chapters, plus links to Amazon and other vendors (both e-books and physical volumes). It also includes news, other interesting links, and musings on science and literature.
WINNER!
Accolades from Kirkus Reviews
Named one of 100 best books of 2025! A finalist for a new award you haven't heard of!
A winner! (Sort of)
I'm one of... 113 winners in the Best Indie Book Awards for 2025!
A new review
In addition to paid reviews, there are website that review books for the love of fiction. When I first launched the novel, I submitted to nearly a dozen of them... and heard nothing. Until now.
Two more reviews
"...a witty and philosophical exploration of life, family, loss, love, science, and human relationships."
Two more (paid) reviews have come in.
An award!
My novel won the "2024 Indies Today Best Literary Science Fiction" award!
By the numbers
Out of curiosity, I looked up how many books are published in a year.
Now reviewed in Kirkus Review Magazine
Although I received an online Kirkus Review (starred!) a few months ago, the review is now appearing in the official Jan 2025 edition of Kirkus Reviews.
Shortlisted! (UPDATED)
The novel has been shortlisted for the Reedsy Discovery Editor's choice award! (UPDATE: But did not win.)
Elemental Marie Curie
Amazon Best Seller!*
On November 20, 2024, my novel A Life Full of Quarks reached #3* on Amazon!...
*..in the niche category of "absurdist fiction."
A Review of Reviews
You can’t just launch a novel and assume the world will find its way to your door, or even to your cash register. You have to advertise, and part of advertising is giving readers a good reason to plunk down their money to read your story.
Review by Self-Publishing Review
Another positive review
"Brilliant, Funny, Nostalgic, Scientific - A Perfect Blend of Philosophy, 'Dead Poets Society,' and 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'"
Starred review on Kirkus!
"Heartbreaking and hilarious" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
First review, on BookLife
"Alive with mad inventions, scientific breakthroughs, a wicked sense of play....Lovers of thoughtful, humane science fiction steeped in weird science will feast..
[A] thrillingly inventive novel of growing up the son of a mad scientist."
What is science? Part I: The problem of science
Science is a word that is used a lot. People often appeal to science: “Science says…” and “Trust the science!” Other people attack science and try to undermine it.
What is science, that garners such attention? Is science really that special and different? How did it come about, and why only in one place, Renaissance Europe? How does science actually work? In a series of essays, I hope to address some of these questions.