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    Klebert L. Hall: Sounds pretty good! This bit, though: "Stonewall Jackson fails to die as a result of his injuries at Chancellorsville, a turn of events that has left... more »
    janai: Any novel that bends history in order to make a plot point out of my former office building (the Smith Tower, which in reality went up a few years aft... more »
    Eldritch: I was very interested in this book, I love the idea of it, but when I went to pick it up, the print is all in sepia! My eyes would be bleeding after t... more »
    Jeriba: Alt history or no, Washington State in the 1860s would have been so sparely populated it hardly makes sense that people would choose to remain in a zo... more »
    CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): Thanks Lauren! Alt. history is always an interesting read, especially if it involves 19th century America! more »
    Spaceboy: Awww, not available on the Kindle. more »
    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: That cover art reminds me of the style of Warren Ellis' Ignition City - although the goggles are a slightly more understandable prop in his work. more »
    thefirstbardo: This book was fantastic. My vote for an io9 Book Club discussion. Plus, Cherie is internet-savvy and sociable, maybe she would be down for a Q&A ses... more »
    Grey_Area: Sounds better than the last steampunk zombie novel I read. more »
  • #bookreview

    Steampunk Zombies of the Seattle Apocalypse

    Confederate airships! Mad scientists! Zombies! Goggles! Cherie Priest's Boneshaker is a veritable grab bag of subgenre tropes. But, fortunately, it's far less about clockwork and brass than it is about human adaptability and the shifting nature of the American Dream. More »
  • #futuremetro

    Seven Futuristic Urban Tools You'll Find in Today's Cities

    The best part about living in a futuristic, metropolitan wonderland are the technologies that make urban living so much smoother. Here are some of our favorite little gadgets and what-nots that modern cities have to offer. More »
  • #worldwithoutcars

    The Public Transit Projects that Should Have Been

    Urban history is littered with the dead bodies of scrapped public transit projects. When eager commuters and car companies turned the automobile into the most popular form of transit in the world in the twentieth century, many cities set aside plans for expanding their public transit systems, such as the electric tram system planned for regions feeding into Melbourne, Australia. In some cases, city planners actually ripped out existing transit systems like Los Angeles' once-enormous cable car network. What would these cities and others look like if their public transit systems had continued to thrive and we lived in a world without cars? We've got five alternate urban histories of public transport for you below. More »