Duchamp Versus Einstein

Description

An engrossing 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 contest that could reshape history. An alien time-traveler ensnared in Earth's 20th century plots her escape by changing humanity's fate, and not for the better. But her strange encounters with Marcel Duchamp and Albert Einstein take an unexpected turn when she realizes she's pregnant.

CHRISTOPHER HINZ is the author of five science fiction books. Liege-Killer won the Compton Crook Award for best first novel and was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer. He has written screenplays and a graphic novel, scripted comics for DC and Marvel, and has worked as a newspaper reporter and technical administrator of a small TV station.;;ETAN ILFELD is the author of Beyond Contemporary Art and holds a physics degree from Stanford University. He is a US chess master and the inventor of Diving Chess where each player can think for as long as they can hold their breath. Ilfeld is the founder of Tenderpixel gallery, Tenderbooks, Repeater Books, and the managing director of Watkins Books and the Mind Sports Olympiad.

"Duchamp Versus Einstein is a marvellously crafted amalgam of art, science and chess, surely no easy task. The tale weaves 20th-century history together with the thread of present-day human predicament. It's your move." "A luminous game of chess between art and science that is played across the page with lethal precision." "Deeply engaging, and cleverly weaves history and chess into a thought provoking tale!" "A thought-provoking read, and at the same time an expansion of chess endgame theory! Only Einstein could save an endgame with just a king against king and queen!"