A wonderfully imagined debut novel about a greeting card writer who must come to terms with the madness of a genius inventor and his quest to create the perpetual motion machine
Imprisoned aboard a zeppelin that floats above a city reminiscent of those of the classic films Metropolis and Brazil, the greeting card writer Harold Winslow is composing his memoirs. His companions are the only woman he has ever loved, who has gone insane, and the cryogenically frozen body of her father, the devilish genius who drove her mad. The tale of Harold's decades-long thwarted love is also one in which he watches technology transform his childhood home from a mere burgeoning metropolis to a waking dream, in which the wellheeled have mechanical men for servants, deserted islands can exist within skyscrapers, and the worlds of fairy tales can be built from scratch. And as he heads toward a final, desperate confrontation with the mad inventor, he discovers that he is an unwitting participant in the creation of the greatest invention of them all - the perpetual motion machine.
The Dream of Perpetual Motion is a memorable debut that will be one of the most talked about books of the year.
Genre: Science Fiction
Imprisoned aboard a zeppelin that floats above a city reminiscent of those of the classic films Metropolis and Brazil, the greeting card writer Harold Winslow is composing his memoirs. His companions are the only woman he has ever loved, who has gone insane, and the cryogenically frozen body of her father, the devilish genius who drove her mad. The tale of Harold's decades-long thwarted love is also one in which he watches technology transform his childhood home from a mere burgeoning metropolis to a waking dream, in which the wellheeled have mechanical men for servants, deserted islands can exist within skyscrapers, and the worlds of fairy tales can be built from scratch. And as he heads toward a final, desperate confrontation with the mad inventor, he discovers that he is an unwitting participant in the creation of the greatest invention of them all - the perpetual motion machine.
The Dream of Perpetual Motion is a memorable debut that will be one of the most talked about books of the year.
Genre: Science Fiction
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March 2010 : Hardback
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March 2010 : Hardback
| Title: The Dream of Perpetual Motion (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Dexter Palmer ISBN: 0-312-55815-5 / 978-0-312-55815-4 (USA edition) Publisher: St. Martin's Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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February 2011 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
March 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: The Dream of Perpetual Motion: A Novel Author(s): Dexter Palmer ISBN: 1-4001-6496-6 / 978-1-4001-6496-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2010 : Audio CD
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March 2010 : Audio CD
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February 2010 : Kindle edition
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