The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer March 2, 2010 8:43 AM   Subscribe

Congratulations to MeFi’s own Prospero, also known as Dexter Palmer, whose first novel The Dream of Perpetual Motion was released today! (Bookforum review; registration may be required).
posted by amro to MetaFilter-Related at 8:43 AM (35 comments total) 6 users marked this as a favorite

Mazel tov!!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:46 AM on March 2, 2010


Thanks! It's a big day for me today--I worked on this for quite a while, and it's nice to see it in print finally.
posted by Prospero at 8:49 AM on March 2, 2010 [2 favorites]


That looks pretty awesome. Congrats Prospero!
posted by vacapinta at 8:50 AM on March 2, 2010


Hooray!
posted by The Whelk at 8:55 AM on March 2, 2010


Congrats!
posted by Sailormom at 8:56 AM on March 2, 2010


Propsero is better known for exposing us to this.
posted by The Whelk at 9:01 AM on March 2, 2010


Congratulations!
posted by mothershock at 9:14 AM on March 2, 2010


Oooooooooooh starred review! Neato steampunk cover, too. Congratulations!
posted by zoomorphic at 9:21 AM on March 2, 2010


Cool! Congrats!
posted by brundlefly at 9:22 AM on March 2, 2010


It's pretty damn hard to beat a recommendation like this:

“Like the majority of contemporary novelists, I have often fantasized about Jules Verne, Nathanael West, and Thomas Pynchon meeting up in some netherworld saloon and, upon discovering they have absolutely nothing in common save a mutual affection for The Tempest, agreeing to reify their enthusiasm via a three-way collaboration filled with zeppelins, androids, monsters, virtual islands, linguistic felicity, and state-of-the-art weirdness. And now I must thank Dexter Palmer for making my dream come true.”

-James Morrow, author of The Last Witchfinder and The Philosopher's Apprentice


I'm sold.
posted by nanojath at 9:24 AM on March 2, 2010


Kick ass!
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:27 AM on March 2, 2010


Congratulations!
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 9:43 AM on March 2, 2010


Awesome, congratulations! It sounds like something I'd like reading, so it's on my list now. :-)
posted by Nattie at 9:56 AM on March 2, 2010


Congratulations!
posted by Mister_A at 9:58 AM on March 2, 2010


Fantastic! Congratulations!
posted by Shepherd at 10:11 AM on March 2, 2010


Congrats! May you sell through quickly.
posted by sugarfish at 10:31 AM on March 2, 2010


Ordered. Looking forward to it.
posted by jeffamaphone at 10:41 AM on March 2, 2010


Great write-up! I've just put it on my wishlist...
posted by thomas j wise at 10:42 AM on March 2, 2010


o.0
 
posted by carsonb at 11:04 AM on March 2, 2010


(That's all I see when I look at the cover. =)

oTl0
  
posted by carsonb at 11:14 AM on March 2, 2010


Good show, sir
posted by the bricabrac man at 11:19 AM on March 2, 2010


congratulations!

the book sounds awesome. i've added it to my to-buy list.
posted by gursky at 11:35 AM on March 2, 2010


Congratulations, Prospero! I just bought that sucker and can't wait to read it!
posted by headspace at 11:47 AM on March 2, 2010


(We ought to have an all-Mefite book signing sometime. I wonder if Paris Hilton's dog is available...?)
posted by headspace at 11:48 AM on March 2, 2010


Congrats!
posted by languagehat at 11:52 AM on March 2, 2010


Adding it to our Amazon wish list. Thanks for what looks like a great read!
posted by Lynsey at 11:56 AM on March 2, 2010


WOW! Awesome. I can't wait to read it.
posted by OmieWise at 12:56 PM on March 2, 2010


Congrats! Looks cool.
posted by Kattullus at 12:59 PM on March 2, 2010


Added to my Wish List for my birthday next month. Impressive--steampunk is such a fascinating genre, and I think one of the most difficult to write well. Sounds like you perfected it right out of the gate.
posted by misha at 1:21 PM on March 2, 2010


Congrats Prospero ! Do you mind if I read it on my Kindle?
posted by OHenryPacey at 3:14 PM on March 2, 2010


OHenryPacey: From my perspective, a sale is a sale, no matter the medium. So no, I don't mind at all.

And to everyone else--it's nice to see such support from the MeFi community. Very, very cool.
posted by Prospero at 3:31 PM on March 2, 2010


Heh, of course you'll hear about it if we find any grammatical errors. ;)
posted by jeffamaphone at 3:48 PM on March 2, 2010


! yay!
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 4:47 PM on March 2, 2010


Hey, congratulations!
posted by tangerine at 5:57 PM on March 2, 2010


Oooh. I'd been eyeing that without knowing it was one of our own! Excellent!
posted by judith at 8:09 PM on March 2, 2010


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