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more about #kagebaker more comments → AgathaAugeas: 100% agreed - i did exactly the same, revelled in the glorious cover art, got about 50 pages in and put it down.. As Grey_Area says - it may sell wel... more » Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: A couple of interesting sounding titles there that I'll have to peruse. Have you read any Philip Reeve, Grey? He's produced both steampunk (Larklight)... more » BrunellaAcarnan: Steampunk predates Powers, et al, by almost a decade, that I'm aware of. Take a look at Harry Harrison's "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!". The pape... more » Sheogorath: I read some of Affinity Bridge and found it amazingly boring. While the scenes where the characters do things are somewhat interesting, about %75 of t... more » Furiursa: I've met Mr Axelrod (the guy in the photo), he's all kinds of awesome in his creativity.... and BOY does that picture make the rounds :D more » GuardianOfChaos: I'd also like to throw out a recomendation for Whitechapel Gods by S.M. Peters [www.amazon.com] It has a nice mixture of mythology into a steampunk... more » Rasselas: Nothing about The Dark Volume or The Glass Books of the Dream-Eaters? Those are pretty steampunked out. more » Scimarad: I have to say I thought Court of the Air was a bit of a mess. It just felt like the author was trying to cram too much into it and the characters were... more » SuvarnmalaBulbus: What about Harry Harrison's "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!" then? more » TonyRockyHorror: This discussion is incomplete without Karl Schroeder's fantastic "Pirate Sun" series being mentioned. Steampunk ideas but in space? What's not to love? more » Pope John Peeps II: I'm really uncomfortable with lumping Jules Verne in with the "steampunk" genre. I think it's a horrible thing to do to a marvellous, world-changing a... more » TeeMorris: The distinguished gentlemen in the featured graphic up top is Jared Axelrod, and both he and his lovely wife, J.R. Blackwell, are some real inspiratio... more » goldfarb: "quite separate from all those crossbow-wielding tattooed tarts one sees writhing on so many paperback covers these days." hahaha...awesome... A good ... more » Rybanis: Article should have been written in Copperplate! Also, I have a friend who signs official documents with a flexible-nib fountain pen, with perfect Cop... more » Midnightxpress: The Affinity Bridge is a uniformly dull novel that drags along for 300+ pages. I don't understand the love it gets on this site. Easily the worst SP n... more » -
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In Which Some Steampunk Novels are Discussed
Goggles, gaslights and gears, oh my! Steampunk is a steadily growing subgenre of speculative fiction. We review four current and forthcoming books that have been affixed with that label... in an elegant copperplate hand, naturally.
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Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
Whether you want a fun beach read or a sweeping philosophical epic, June's books have you covered. You can encounter witches in Toronto and killer courtesans, or you can delve into America's dismal future, or Alastair Reynolds' eon-spanning colonization saga.
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The Brits Win the Space Race in "Empress of Mars"
In the closing years of the 23rd Century, the British Arean Company, a private corporation, establishes first human colony on Mars. How do the Brits get there first? Find out in Kage Baker's new novel.
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