This Broken Wondrous World by Jon Skovron

This Broken Wondrous World by Jon Skovron  365 pages

"My fellow monsters," said Moreau. "No longer will we hide in the shadows, cringing, cowardly, hiding our true potential. You see, the humans do not view us as people. We must force them to expand their view of personhood to include us. By any means necessary."

A year ago, Boy, the son of Frankenstein's monster, had never even met a human. Now he's living with his human "family", the descendants of Dr. Frankenstein, in Switzerland. That is until the maniacal genius Dr. Moreau, long-ago banished to a remote island for his crimes against humanity, asks for Boy's help.

Moreau wants Boy to join his army of animal/human hybrid creatures and help him overthrow human society. Boy will do anything to save this broken, wondrous world from the war that threatens to split it in two. But how much will he have to give up? And is the world worth saving?

Wizzywig: Portrait of a Serial Hacker, by Ed Piskor

Wizzywig: Portrait of a Serial Hacker, by Ed Piskor, 288 pages

I'll admit it- based on the title, I thought that this was a sort of biography.  Don't be fooled, however- the subject of this book, Kevin "Boingthump" Phenicle, is fictional, but based on several real-life hackers.  Kevin is a hacker, who grew up in the 1970s and 80s and started with manipulating the phone companies.  With the inception of the PC, Kevin became a computer whiz who taught himself how to do just about everything-- even unethical and illegal things.  This book isn't a defense of hacking, but it does explore the mindset of a hacker and raise some interesting questions about the Internet and online rights, in general.