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A Life Full of Quarks
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A Life Full of Quarks

C W Johnson
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The darkly comic misadventures of a lonely boy genius.

Vengeful dinosaurs. A runaway alien. Deadly subatomic particles. Parents who don't understand you.

John Chant had an unusual childhood, sprinkled with a venomous pet lizard, a robot brother, an omelet competition, an island of monstrous secrets, and a malevolent chimpanzee.

Exiled and on his own, he later negotiates graduate school, atomic secrets, and the challenges of death-rays. John is skilled at math and nuclear reactors, but he struggles with the universe's most difficult puzzle: love.

Winner, Indies Today 2024 Best Literary Science Fiction

"Heartbreaking and hilarious" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A thrillingly inventive novel of growing up the son of a mad scientist" -- BookLife

Shortlisted for the 2024 Reedsy Discovery Editor's Choice Awards.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Baryon Dreams Press
Date
24 September 2024
Pages
348
ISBN
9798991428408

The darkly comic misadventures of a lonely boy genius.

Vengeful dinosaurs. A runaway alien. Deadly subatomic particles. Parents who don't understand you.

John Chant had an unusual childhood, sprinkled with a venomous pet lizard, a robot brother, an omelet competition, an island of monstrous secrets, and a malevolent chimpanzee.

Exiled and on his own, he later negotiates graduate school, atomic secrets, and the challenges of death-rays. John is skilled at math and nuclear reactors, but he struggles with the universe's most difficult puzzle: love.

Winner, Indies Today 2024 Best Literary Science Fiction

"Heartbreaking and hilarious" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A thrillingly inventive novel of growing up the son of a mad scientist" -- BookLife

Shortlisted for the 2024 Reedsy Discovery Editor's Choice Awards.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Baryon Dreams Press
Date
24 September 2024
Pages
348
ISBN
9798991428408

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