The Dream of Perpetual Motion

Overview:

• Title: The Dream of Perpetual Motion
• Author: Dexter Palmer
• Year: 2010
• ISBN-10: 9780312558154
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Price: $24.99
• Pages: [8]+340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: The Dream of Perpetual Motion
• Notes:
  • You can view portions of this publication via Amazon Look Inside.
  • First printing that states "First Edition: March 2010 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
  • The publisher is stated on the title page as "St. Martin's Press (logo) New York"
  • There are eight unnumbered pages before page 1. The story runs from page 1 to 338 and is followed by a two page author acknowledgments.
  • The binding is hc with a fake "Deckle Edge" finish on the outside and clean-cut top/bottom. It appears the deckle finish was done by running a grinder that cut furrows.
  • Priced "$24.99 / $29.99 Can."
  • The cover art credit is on the back jacket flap and is stated as:

    Jacket design by Ervin Serrano Jacket illustration from isifa Image Service s.r.o./Alamy, Nikreates/Alamy, Kari Niemeläinen/Alamy, Ann Cutting/Getty Images, Scott R. Barbour/Getty Images, Grant Faint/Getty Images

  • The acknowledgments essay on pages 339 and 340 is signed

    —Dexter Palmer March 13, 1996 May 4, 2009 Princeton, New Jersey/Tampa, Florida

    There is no direct explanation for the 1996 date in this essay but in this news interview he says that's when he started the book "as a way to procrastinate."
  • Transient verification is against a public library copy. I should be able to easily retrieve this publication if needed for a verification question. ~Marc Kupper.