The Dream of Perpetual Motion
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The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer
Imprisoned for life aboard a zeppelin that floats high above a fantastic metropolis, greeting-card writer Harold Winslow pens his memoirs. His only companions are the disembodied voice of Miranda Taligent, the only woman he has ever loved, and the cryogenically frozen body of her father, Prospero, the genius and industrial magnate who drove her insane. As Harold heads toward a last desperate confrontation with Prospero to save Miranda's life, he finds himself an unwitting participant in the creation of the greatest invention of them all: the perpetual motion machine. Beautifully written, stunningly imagined, and wickedly funny, Dexter Palmer's The Dream of Perpetual Motion is a heartfelt meditation on the place of love in a world dominated by technology.Princeton, New Jersey, is home to Dexter Palmer. He is a Ph.D. holder. He earned his Ph.D. in English Literature from Princeton University, where he wrote his dissertation on the works of James Joyce, William Gaddis, and Thomas Pynchon (and organized the first academic conference on video games ever held at an Ivy League university). The Dream of Endless Motion is his first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312680534 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312680538 |
| Title | The Dream of Perpetual Motion |
| Author | Dexter Palmer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Picador USA |
| Year published | 2011-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 356 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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