Lord Kelvin's machine

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About this book

World-renowned scientist-explorer Langdon St. Ives and his faithful man-servant Hasbro return again to confront the diabolical hunchback Dr. Ignacio Narbondo in a new adventure involving no less than the salvation of the earth itself. The author's previous St. Ives novel, Homunculus, was honored with the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and this latest -- and entirely self-contained -- narrative is another madcap extravaganza through the peril-fraught byways of Victorian England. From the incursion in the night-shrouded skies of a baleful comet to resuscitation of the dead from an icy Norwegian fjord to travel through space and time in Lord Kelvin's wondrous machine, this is a very special Arkham House book, bringing together the idiosyncratic vision of Jim Blaylock and Jeff Potter's incomparable graphics.

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3.5/5 · 446 readers · 262 pages · ≈ 4 h 51 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Lord Kelvin's machine?

About ≈ 4 h 51 m — 262 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mLord Kelvin's machine~4 h 51 m

How many pages is Lord Kelvin's machine?

262 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Lord Kelvin's machine262

What genre is Lord Kelvin's machine?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is Lord Kelvin's machine in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Lord Kelvin's machine?

James P. Blaylock (1950–0).

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