The Invention of Everything Else, (Paperback)

from grandpahobo

The writing is evocative, haunting and just overall amazing. This is my second book by this author and I have learned that you can't expect a plot. She writes stories for the sake of telling a story. If you expect a conclusion or a purpose to the story, you won't find one. If that's what you are ...

from jocraddock

Easily the most enjoyable historical fiction I've read in some time! Although I'm not typically drawn to far-flung fantasy (still haven't made it through Time Traveller's Wife), the juxtaposition of the present and potential, the factual and the fantasy in this is delightful. Now, can someone exp...

from jmchshannon

I'll admit that I didn't know very much about Tesla, his life or his inventions, other than the Tesla coil and even then I'm not 100 percent certain I know what that is. This lack of knowledge is what initially drew me to this book - I viewed it as a great opportunity to learn more about Tesla. T...

from coolmama

What a brilliant story! Samantha Hunt has taken us inside the mind of Nickola Tesla - an inventor that I must admit I knew nothing about, from the late 1880's up to his death in 1943. While living a two room "do not disturb" room at the New Yorker Hotel in its heyday, chambermaid Louisa wanders i...

from Jemima79

The once famous inventor Nikola Tesla has been "left alone talking to lightning storms, studying the mysterious patterns the dust of dead people makes as it floats through the last light of day." (p.2) He lives in the Hotel New Yorker; a lonely, penniless, forgotten old man. His only companionshi...