“Freakishly gifted...surreally brilliant.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Roves fearlessly to the outermost reaches of our ability to understand...not just intellectually provocative but emotionally rich, even saturated.” —The Washington Post Book World

“Concise, rhythmic language...Italo Calvino, Don DeLillo, and David Foster Wallace come to mind...Scholz weaves the analytical, the literal, the literary, the imaginary, and the emotional.” —The Boston Globe

“These are superbly crafted pieces, and Scholz proves once again he is a writer of alluring intellectual depth and subtlety.” —Publishers Weekly (starred)

“Shows science to be the perfect speedball.” —The New York Times Book Review