Title: How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
Title Record # 2601713
Author: Ryan North
Date: 2018-09-18
Type: NONFICTION
Language: English
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Author: Ryan North
Date: 2018-09-18
Type: NONFICTION
Language: English
Note: The core content is real-world non-fiction (mostly on STEM topics, but with some sections covering areas such as philosophy and music), regarding inventions and discoveries and how they came about.
This information is presented using the conceit that the book is the manual for a time machine, aimed at users who are stranded in the past if the machine breaks down, and how they might be able to (re)build a society capable of fixing the time machine.
The introduction further elaborates the conceit, implying that this "manual" was written by a version of the author from an alternative, more advanced timeline than our own.
Synopsis: Based on the conceit of a manual for users of a time machine, to cover eventualities where the time machine has broken down.
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Awards
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16 | 2018 Goodreads | Science & Technology |
Nominations Below Cutoff ⓘ24 nominations with 14.78 points
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2019 Hugo | Best Related Work |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler | 2018-09-18 | Ryan North | Riverhead Books | 978-0-7352-2014-0 | $27.00?$: US dollar |
437 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler | 2018-09-20 | Ryan North | Virgin Books | 978-0-7535-5255-1 | £25.00?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Wie man unsere Zivilisation wieder aufbaut, wenn man sich mit seiner Zeitmaschine verfahren hat | 2020-11-17 | Ryan North | EMF | 978-3-7459-0168-9 | €18.00?€: Euro |
447 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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Reviews
- Review
[German]
by
Kathrin Passig and Aleks Scholz
(2020)
in Handbuch für Zeitreisende: Von den Dinosauriern bis zum Fall der Mauer?Handbuch fuer Zeitreisende: Von den Dinosauriern bis zum Fall der Mauer, reprinted in:
- [German]
Handbuch für Zeitreisende: Von den Dinosauriern bis zum Fall der Mauer?Handbuch fuer Zeitreisende: Von den Dinosauriern bis zum Fall der Mauer(2020)
- Review
[German]
by
Gregor Honsel
(2021)
in Technology Review, März 2021?Technology Review, Maerz 2021
- Review [German] by Tim Haarmann (2021) in Spektrum der Wissenschaft, #3.21