The Blurb On The Back:
Welcome to Seampunk!
Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. A world of automatons, ornate clockworks and time travel, where scientists and dreamers, intrepid orphans and schoolgirls solve dastardly crimes, escape from monstrous predicaments and hover over volcanoes in steam-powered airships.
Fantastically strange stories from fourteen masters of speculative fiction:
M. T. Anderson, Holly, Black, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Dylan Horrocks, Elizabeth Knox, Kelly Link, Garth Nix, Christopher Rowe, Delia Sherman, Ysabeau S. Wilce, and graphic novel artists Shawn Cheng and Kathleen Jennings.
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The Verdict:
Link and Grant have compiled a fascinating compendium of boundary-pushing stories that would be a great introduction to anyone new to the steampunk genre.
Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. A world of automatons, ornate clockworks and time travel, where scientists and dreamers, intrepid orphans and schoolgirls solve dastardly crimes, escape from monstrous predicaments and hover over volcanoes in steam-powered airships.
M. T. Anderson, Holly, Black, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Dylan Horrocks, Elizabeth Knox, Kelly Link, Garth Nix, Christopher Rowe, Delia Sherman, Ysabeau S. Wilce, and graphic novel artists Shawn Cheng and Kathleen Jennings.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Link and Grant have compiled a fascinating compendium of boundary-pushing stories that would be a great introduction to anyone new to the steampunk genre.