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Book Title
Invention of Everything Else
Publication Name
The Invention of Everything Else
Title
The Invention of Everything Else
Author
Samantha Hunt
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9780547085777
ISBN
9780547085777
Publisher
HarperCollins
Genre
Fiction
Release Year
2009
Release Date
01/03/2009
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Length
8in
Publication Year
2009
Item Height
0.6in
Topic
General, Literary, Science Fiction / General, Historical
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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From the moment Louisa first catches sight of the strange man who occupies a forbidden room on the thirty-third floor, she is determined to befriend him.Unbeknownst to Louisa, he is Nikola Tesla--inventor of AC electricity and wireless communication--and he is living out his last days at the Hotel New Yorker.Winning his attention through a shared love of pigeons, she eventually uncovers the story of Tesla's life as a Serbian immigrant and a visionary genius: as a boy he built engines powered by June bugs, as a man he dreamed of pulling electricity from the sky.The mystery deepens when Louisa reunites with an enigmatic former classmate and faces the loss of her father as he attempts to travel to the past to meet up with his beloved late wife. Before the week is out, Louisa must come to terms with her own understanding of love, death, and the power of invention. The Invention of Everything Else immerses the reader in a magical mid-twentieth-century New York City thrumming with energy, wonder, and possibility.

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HarperCollins
ISBN-10
054708577x
ISBN-13
9780547085777
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Book Title
Invention of Everything Else
Author
Samantha Hunt
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary, Science Fiction / General, Historical
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
8 Oz

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""The Invention of Everything Else" is a book of wonders: a resonant, technicolor recreation of Nikola Tesla's lost history, including the electricity wars, time machines, talking pigeons, the labyrinths of the New Yorker Hotel, and especially ingenious writing. Samantha Hunt's joyful novel is both scientific and miraculous, a highwire performance by a soulful and wildly intelligent writer.", "A New York City chambermaid sparks a friendship with oddball inventor Nikola Tesla in Samantha Hunt's dazzling novel." Vanity Fair "Sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote...It all adds up to a precocious math of human marvel." Elle "Former real-life scientist Nikola Tesla befriends a fictional hotel chambermaid in Samantha Hunt's ingenious work of historical fiction." Marie Claire "Hunt's magical new novel is a love letter to one of the world's most remarkable inventors...For a moment...everything seems possible." The Washington Post "[Hunt] puts her considerable talents to work...Tesla's story...is crafted with an intensity...that makes the heart beat faster." Los Angeles Times "Full of vivid imagery, sounds, memories...this novel is a sweet story of just how normal it is to be different." Boston Globe "Hunt's history-steeped tale...reminds us that science necessitates creativity, which also, of course, is the essence of literature." The San Francisco Chronicle "In her vivid reimagining...Hunt pursues the links between science and creativity and storytelling and invention to their logical extreme." New York Magazine "Glorious...pages of prose: daring and delicious, perfectly calibrated, fresh but not raw, original but neither off-putting nor disconcertingly strange." The Chicago Tribune "[INVENTION is] a smart, colorful novel about aspiration and wish fulfillment in a world...engineers can't control." - The Believer "Hunt's fascination with language is unmistakable, resulting in beautiful, intimate observations . . . elegant, inspired." The Village Voice "Marvelous...one wishes these scenes would never end...[it] takes its readers back to a kindler, gentler New York." - LA Weekly "Hunt weaves the stranger-than-fiction facts...into an engaging novel...that crackles with the possibility and promise of scientific innovation." - Seed "An electrified, magnetized concoction that pleases, teases and dazzles...takeoff soaring with her, you will not be disappointed..." - The Oregonian "The author is rapturous, vividly in love with her subjects and her characters." - New York Observer "[Hunt's] novel might be 2008's 'Special Topics in Calamity Physics'...soulful and scientific at the same time." - Velocity Weekly "An engaging portrait...and a poignant one of Tesla...There's much food for thought here and some very beautiful prose." Kirkus Reviews "Hunt (The Seas) delivers a breathtaking novel that is both difficult to classify and impossible to ignore." Library Journal "Oddly charming and pleasantly peculiar, Hunt's novel offers a unique perspective on hope and imagining life's possibilities." Booklist, ALA "Inspires both awe and envy...Hunt seems to achieve this blend effortlessly...making it more remarkable still with her own offbeat sensibility." Bookpage "Hunt weaves history and imagination to create a seductively original world..." -- Heidi Julavits, author of The Uses of Enchantment "A highwire performance by a soulful and wildly intelligent writer." -- Rene Steinke, author of the NBA-nominated Holy Skirts "You hold in your hands an important, fun, educational, magic read." -- Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng, Oddly charming and pleasantly peculiar, Hunt's novel offers a unique perspective on hope and imagining life's possibilites., "A New York City chambermaid sparks a friendship with oddball inventor Nikola Tesla in Samantha Hunt's dazzling novel." Vanity Fair "Sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote...It all adds up to a precocious math of human marvel." Elle "Former real-life scientist Nikola Tesla befriends a fictional hotel chambermaid in Samantha Hunt's ingenious work of historical fiction." Marie Claire "Hunt's magical new novel is a love letter to one of the world's most remarkable inventors...For a moment...everything seems possible." The Washington Post [Hunt] puts her considerable talents to work...Tesla's story...is crafted with an intensity...that makes the heart beat faster." Los Angeles Times "Full of vivid imagery, sounds, memories...this novel is a sweet story of just how normal it is to be different." Boston Globe Hunt's history-steeped tale...reminds us that science necessitates creativity, which also, of course, is the essence of literature." The San Francisco Chronicle "In her vivid reimagining...Hunt pursues the links between science and creativity and storytelling and invention to their logical extreme." New York Magazine Glorious...pages of prose: daring and delicious, perfectly calibrated, fresh but not raw, original but neither off-putting nor disconcertingly strange." The Chicago Tribune [INVENTION is] a smart, colorful novel about aspiration and wish fulfillment in a world...engineers can't control." - The Believer "Hunt's fascination with language is unmistakable, resulting in beautiful, intimate observations . . . elegant, inspired." The Village Voice "Marvelous...one wishes these scenes would never end...[it] takes its readers back to a kindler, gentler New York." - LA Weekly "Hunt weaves the stranger-than-fiction facts...into an engaging novel...that crackles with the possibility and promise of scientific innovation." - Seed "An electrified, magnetized concoction that pleases, teases and dazzles...takeoff soaring with her, you will not be disappointed..." - The Oregonian "The author is rapturous, vividly in love with her subjects and her characters." - New York Observer "[Hunt's] novel might be 2008's 'Special Topics in Calamity Physics'...soulful and scientific at the same time." - Velocity Weekly "An engaging portrait...and a poignant one of Tesla...There's much food for thought here and some very beautiful prose." Kirkus Reviews Hunt (The Seas) delivers a breathtaking novel that is both difficult to classify and impossible to ignore." Library Journal "Oddly charming and pleasantly peculiar, Hunt's novel offers a unique perspective on hope and imagining life's possibilities." Booklist, ALA Inspires both awe and envy...Hunt seems to achieve this blend effortlessly...making it more remarkable still with her own offbeat sensibility." Bookpage Hunt weaves history and imagination to create a seductively original world..." -- Heidi Julavits, author of The Uses of Enchantment A highwire performance by a soulful and wildly intelligent writer." -- Rene Steinke, author of the NBA-nominated Holy Skirts You hold in your hands an important, fun, educational, magic read." -- Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng, Gorgeous descriptions of New York City in another age, an engaging portrait of imaginative but sensible Louisa and a poignant one of Tesla...There's much food for thought her and some very beautiful prose., "Samantha Hunt's unforgettable dreamscape of a novel is a love letter to New York, to science, to inspiration, to loneliness. Hunt weaves history and imagination to create a seductively original world I wanted to live in forever. "The Invention of Everything Else" is like nothing else I've read.", "A New York City chambermaid sparks a friendship with oddball inventor Nikola Tesla in Samantha Hunt's dazzling novel." Vanity Fair "Sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote...It all adds up to a precocious math of human marvel." Elle "Former real-life scientist Nikola Tesla befriends a fictional hotel chambermaid in Samantha Hunt's ingenious work of historical fiction." Marie Claire "Hunt's magical new novel is a love letter to one of the world's most remarkable inventors...For a moment...everything seems possible." The Washington Post "[Hunt] puts her considerable talents to work...Tesla's story...is crafted with an intensity...that makes the heart beat faster.e Los Angeles Times "Full of vivid imagery, sounds, memories...this novel is a sweet story of just how normal it is to be different." Boston Globe "Hunt's history-steeped tale...reminds us that science necessitates creativity, which also, of course, is the essence of literature." The San Francisco Chronicle "In her vivid reimagining...Hunt pursues the links between science and creativity and storytelling and invention to their logical extreme.e New York Magazine "Glorious...pages of prose: daring and delicious, perfectly calibrated, fresh but not raw, original but neither off-putting nor disconcertingly strange." The Chicago Tribune "[INVENTION is] a smart, colorful novel about aspiration and wish fulfillment in a world...engineers cane(tm)t control." - The Believer "Hunt's fascination with language is unmistakable, resulting in beautiful, intimate observations . . . elegant, inspired." The Village Voice "Marvelous...one wishes these scenes would never end...[it] takes its readers back to a kindler, gentler New York.e - LA Weekly "Hunt weaves the stranger-than-fiction facts...into an engaging novel...that crackles with the possibility and promise of scientific innovation." - Seed "An electrified, magnetized concoction that pleases, teases and dazzles...takeoff soaring with her, you will not be disappointed..." - The Oregonian eThe author is rapturous, vividly in love with her subjects and her characters." - New York Observer "[Hunte(tm)s] novel might be 2008's 'Special Topics in Calamity Physics'...soulful and scientific at the same time." - Velocity Weekly "An engaging portrait...and a poignant one of Tesla...Theree(tm)s much food for thought here and some very beautiful prose." Kirkus Reviews "Hunt (The Seas) delivers a breathtaking novel that is both difficult to classify and impossible to ignore." Library Journal "Oddly charming and pleasantly peculiar, Hunte(tm)s novel offers a unique perspective on hope and imagining lifee(tm)s possibilities." Booklist, ALA "Inspires both awe and envy...Hunt seems to achieve this blend effortlessly...making it more remarkable still with her own offbeat sensibility." Bookpage "Hunt weaves history and imagination to create a seductively original world...e -- Heidi Julavits, author of The Uses of Enchantment "A highwire performance by a soulful and wildly intelligent writer.e -- Rene Steinke, author of the NBA-nominated Holy Skirts "You hold in your hands an important, fun, educational, magic read." -- Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng, "A New York City chambermaid sparks a friendship with oddball inventor Nikola Tesla in Samantha Hunt's dazzling novel." Vanity Fair "Sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote...It all adds up to a precocious math of human marvel." Elle "Former real-life scientist Nikola Tesla befriends a fictional hotel chambermaid in Samantha Hunt's ingenious work of historical fiction." Marie Claire "Hunt's magical new novel is a love letter to one of the world's most remarkable inventors…For a moment…everything seems possible." The Washington Post [Hunt] puts her considerable talents to work…Tesla's story…is crafted with an intensity...that makes the heart beat faster." Los Angeles Times "Full of vivid imagery, sounds, memories…this novel is a sweet story of just how normal it is to be different." Boston Globe Hunt's history-steeped tale…reminds us that science necessitates creativity, which also, of course, is the essence of literature." The San Francisco Chronicle "In her vivid reimagining…Hunt pursues the links between science and creativity and storytelling and invention to their logical extreme." New York Magazine Glorious…pages of prose: daring and delicious, perfectly calibrated, fresh but not raw, original but neither off-putting nor disconcertingly strange." The Chicago Tribune [INVENTION is] a smart, colorful novel about aspiration and wish fulfillment in a world…engineers can't control." - The Believer "Hunt's fascination with language is unmistakable, resulting in beautiful, intimate observations . . . elegant, inspired." The Village Voice "Marvelous…one wishes these scenes would never end…[it] takes its readers back to a kindler, gentler New York." - LA Weekly "Hunt weaves the stranger-than-fiction facts…into an engaging novel…that crackles with the possibility and promise of scientific innovation." - Seed "An electrified, magnetized concoction that pleases, teases and dazzles…takeoff soaring with her, you will not be disappointed..." - The Oregonian "The author is rapturous, vividly in love with her subjects and her characters." - New York Observer "[Hunt's] novel might be 2008's 'Special Topics in Calamity Physics'…soulful and scientific at the same time." - Velocity Weekly "An engaging portrait...and a poignant one of Tesla...There's much food for thought here and some very beautiful prose." Kirkus Reviews Hunt (The Seas) delivers a breathtaking novel that is both difficult to classify and impossible to ignore." Library Journal "Oddly charming and pleasantly peculiar, Hunt's novel offers a unique perspective on hope and imagining life's possibilities." Booklist, ALA Inspires both awe and envy…Hunt seems to achieve this blend effortlessly…making it more remarkable still with her own offbeat sensibility." Bookpage Hunt weaves history and imagination to create a seductively original world…" -- Heidi Julavits, author of The Uses of Enchantment A highwire performance by a soulful and wildly intelligent writer." -- Rene Steinke, author of the NBA-nominated Holy Skirts You hold in your hands an important, fun, educational, magic read." -- Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng, "An engaging portrait...and a poignant one of Tesla...There's much food for thought here and some very beautiful prose." Kirkus Reviews "Hunt (The Seas) delivers a breathtaking novel that is both difficult to classify and impossible to ignore." Library Journal "Oddly charming and pleasantly peculiar, Hunt's novel offers a unique perspective on hope and imagining life's possibilities." Booklist, ALA "Inspires both awe and envy…Hunt seems to achieve this blend effortlessly…making it more remarkable still with her own offbeat sensibility." Bookpage "A New York City chambermaid sparks a friendship with oddball inventor Nikola Tesla in Samantha Hunt's dazzling novel." Vanity Fair "Sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote...It all adds up to a precocious math of human marvel." Elle "Former real-life scientist Nikola Tesla befriends a fictional hotel chambermaid in Samantha Hunt's ingenious work of historical fiction." Marie Claire "Hunt's magical new novel is a love letter to one of the world's most remarkable inventors…For a moment…everything seems possible." The Washington Post "[Hunt] puts her considerable talents to work…Tesla's story…is crafted with an intensity...that makes the heart beat faster." Los Angeles Times "Full of vivid imagery, sounds, memories…this novel is a sweet story of just how normal it is to be different." Boston Globe "Hunt's history-steeped tale…reminds us that science necessitates creativity, which also, of course, is the essence of literature." The San Francisco Chronicle "In her vivid reimagining…Hunt pursues the links between science and creativity and storytelling and invention to their logical extreme." New York Magazine "Glorious…pages of prose: daring and delicious, perfectly calibrated, fresh but not raw, original but neither off-putting nor disconcertingly strange." The Chicago Tribune "[INVENTION is] a smart, colorful novel about aspiration and wish fulfillment in a world…engineers can't control." - The Believer "Hunt's fascination with language is unmistakable, resulting in beautiful, intimate observations . . . elegant, inspired." The Village Voice "Marvelous…one wishes these scenes would never end…[it] takes its readers back to a kindler, gentler New York." - LA Weekly "Hunt weaves the stranger-than-fiction facts…into an engaging novel…that crackles with the possibility and promise of scientific innovation." - Seed "An electrified, magnetized concoction that pleases, teases and dazzles…takeoff soaring with her, you will not be disappointed..." - The Oregonian "The author is rapturous, vividly in love with her subjects and her characters." - New York Observer "[Hunt's] novel might be 2008's 'Special Topics in Calamity Physics'…soulful and scientific at the same time." - Velocity Weekly "Hunt weaves history and imagination to create a seductively original world…" -- Heidi Julavits, author of The Uses of Enchantment "A highwire performance by a soulful and wildly intelligent writer." -- Rene Steinke, author of the NBA-nominated Holy Skirts "You hold in your hands an important, fun, educational, magic read." -- Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng, "An engaging portrait...and a poignant one of Tesla...There's much food for thought here and some very beautiful prose." Kirkus Reviews "Hunt (The Seas) delivers a breathtaking novel that is both difficult to classify and impossible to ignore." Library Journal "Oddly charming and pleasantly peculiar, Hunt's novel offers a unique perspective on hope and imagining life's possibilities." Booklist, ALA "Inspires both awe and envy...Hunt seems to achieve this blend effortlessly...making it more remarkable still with her own offbeat sensibility." Bookpage "A New York City chambermaid sparks a friendship with oddball inventor Nikola Tesla in Samantha Hunt's dazzling novel." Vanity Fair "Sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote...It all adds up to a precocious math of human marvel." Elle "Former real-life scientist Nikola Tesla befriends a fictional hotel chambermaid in Samantha Hunt's ingenious work of historical fiction." Marie Claire "Hunt's magical new novel is a love letter to one of the world's most remarkable inventors...For a moment...everything seems possible." The Washington Post "[Hunt] puts her considerable talents to work...Tesla's story...is crafted with an intensity...that makes the heart beat faster." Los Angeles Times "Full of vivid imagery, sounds, memories...this novel is a sweet story of just how normal it is to be different." Boston Globe "Hunt's history-steeped tale...reminds us that science necessitates creativity, which also, of course, is the essence of literature." The San Francisco Chronicle "In her vivid reimagining...Hunt pursues the links between science and creativity and storytelling and invention to their logical extreme." New York Magazine "Glorious...pages of prose: daring and delicious, perfectly calibrated, fresh but not raw, original but neither off-putting nor disconcertingly strange." The Chicago Tribune "[INVENTION is] a smart, colorful novel about aspiration and wish fulfillment in a world...engineers can't control." - The Believer "Hunt's fascination with language is unmistakable, resulting in beautiful, intimate observations . . . elegant, inspired." The Village Voice "Marvelous...one wishes these scenes would never end...[it] takes its readers back to a kindler, gentler New York." - LA Weekly "Hunt weaves the stranger-than-fiction facts...into an engaging novel...that crackles with the possibility and promise of scientific innovation." - Seed "An electrified, magnetized concoction that pleases, teases and dazzles...takeoff soaring with her, you will not be disappointed..." - The Oregonian "The author is rapturous, vividly in love with her subjects and her characters." - New York Observer "[Hunt's] novel might be 2008's 'Special Topics in Calamity Physics'...soulful and scientific at the same time." - Velocity Weekly "Hunt weaves history and imagination to create a seductively original world..." -- Heidi Julavits, author of The Uses of Enchantment "A highwire performance by a soulful and wildly intelligent writer." -- Rene Steinke, author of the NBA-nominated Holy Skirts "You hold in your hands an important, fun, educational, magic read." -- Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng
Copyright Date
2007
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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