false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg 1238101 5 A wondrous imagining of an unlikely friendship between the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla and a young chambermaid in the Hotel New Yorker, where Tesla lives out his last days. From the moment she first catches sight of the Hotel New Yorker&#8217;s most famous resident on New Year&#8217;s Day 1943, Louisa -- obsessed with radio dramas and the secret lives of the guests -- is determined to befriend this strange man. As Louisa discovers their shared affinity for pigeons, she also begins to piece together Tesla&#8217;s extraordinary story of life as an immigrant, a genius, and a halfhearted capitalist. Meanwhile, Louisa&#8212;faced with her father&#8217;s imminent departure in a time machine to reunite with his late wife, and pleasantly unsettled by the arrival in her life of a mysterious mechanic (perhaps from the future) named Arthur -- begins to suspect that she has understood something about the relationship of love and invention that Tesla, for all his brilliance, never did. <i>The Invention of Everything Else</i> luminously resurrects one of the greatest scientists of all time, Nikola Tesla, while magically transporting us -- à la Steven Millhauser and Michael Chabon -- to an early twentieth-century New York City thrumming with energy, wonder, and possibility. 1226744 7 2 2008 The Invention of Everything Else total:463|5:71|4:178|3:163|2:41|1:10| 463 1648 1157 163 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 5 14 false Sun Feb 24 09:15:19 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 05:05:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 5 6 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 25 13:39:24 -0800 2008 Sun May 04 11:43:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 4 3 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 15:49:16 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 15:50:04 -0700 2008 - B. A. Behrend

Nikola Tesla is arguably one of the most important inventors to have ever lived, yet one of the most unsung. To him, we can credit the efficient alternating electrical current system, the remote control, and the ra...more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 2 2 false Wed Jul 16 15:09:43 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 28 19:59:01 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 16 15:09:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 4 1 false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 07 22:55:55 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 22:58:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 5 1 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 27 22:48:29 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 22:49:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 5 1 false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 10:50:01 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 22:04:05 -0700 2008
Fact and fiction, science and imagination, life and death (oh, and love and love) are blurred. Hunt brings Tesla to life -- so much so that I considered dropping by the New Yorker for a visit. Everyone is so goddamn likable in Hunt's head (except Edi...more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 5 1 false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 20:04:21 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 20:21:01 -0700 2008
An understatement, to say the least.

I'm a few chapters into this marvelously imagined and deftly written novel, which pivots around extraordinary invento...more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 11:21:52 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 11:35:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 4 0 false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 15:06:06 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 15:25:31 -0700 2009
This book delivered with good insights into an invento...more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 4 0 false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 11:06:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 00:23:30 -0700 2009 It is interesting in terms of both character development and content. Actually, it reminds me of Oh Pure and Radiant Heart in some ways; the female protagonist who is open to wonder, but also smart and insightful, and the enigmatic men of history who really lend...more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 3 0 false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 18:49:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 14:23:59 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:55:26 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:55:26 -0800 2009 Hunt's sophomore novel entranced most critics. Hunt (The Seas, 2006), who received the National Book Foundation's first "5 under 35" Award for gifted young writers, weaves together the unbelievable facts of Tesla's life with some unbelievable fictions of her own creation. The result is a g...

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And if you haven't seen The Prestige, I suggest you do... as Nikolas Tesla is in that movie as well....]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 4 1 false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 06:44:50 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 14:38:15 -0700 2008 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 4 0 false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 15:46:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 13:08:49 -0700 2009
- the mystery of arthur is never properly expl...more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 5 0 false Thu Mar 12 12:33:30 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:48:25 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:33:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1238101 061880112X 9780618801121 436 157 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182159358m/1238101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238101.The_Invention_of_Everything_Else 0 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 15 13:44:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:49:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1238101