With any anthology there's stories that work for one reader and don't for This probably averaged out closer to a 3.5 for me, but the last few stories persuaded me to err on the side of optimism. There's a few of the stories that use steampunk mostly as a decorative element, and others that leak steam with every sentence. There's a great deal of variety in the Steampunk on show here, with tinges of influence from all over map - zombies, cyberpunk, Lovecraft - from the abstract to the very precise. This probably averaged out closer to a 3.5 for me, but the last few stories persuaded me to err on the side of optimism. The ballad of the last human / Lavie Tidhar.more ![]() To seek her fortune / Nicole Kornher-Stace. The celebrated carousel of the Margravine of Blois / Megan Arkenberg -īiographical notes to ''A discourse on the nature of causality, with air-planes'' by Benjamin Rosenbaum / Benjamin Rosenbaum -Ĭlockwork chickadee / Mary Robinette Kowal -Ĭinderella suicide / Samantha Henderson. Lady Witherspoon's solution / James Morrow -Ī serpent in the gears / Margaret Ronald. Zeppelin City / Eileen Gunn & Michael Swanwick. Numismatics in the reigns of Naranh and Viu / Alex Dally MacFarlane. The anachronist's cookbook / Catherynne M. The clockwork goat and the smokestack magi / Peter M. Prayers of forges and furnaces / Aliette de Bodard. The mechanical aviary of Emperor Jala-ud-din Muhammad Akbar / Shweta Narayan. The Zeppelin Conductors' Society Annual Gentlemen's Ball / Genevieve Valentine Tom Edison and his amazing telegraphic harpoon / Jay Lake. Steampunk : looking to the future through the lens of the past / Ekaterina Sedia. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, and many more. Contributors include: Jeff VanderMeer, Caitlín Kiernan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jay Lake, Cherie Priest, Cat Rambo, Catherynne M. This is steampunk with a modern, post-colonial sensibility. Contributors include: Jeff VanderMeer, The Mammoth Book of Steampunk showcases the very best in the form of stories by Paul Di Filippo, Neil Gaiman, Cherie Priest, and many more.Īn anthology that looks to the future through the lens of the past, these 30 mash-ups of past and future push the boundaries of steampunk. ![]() An anthology that looks to the future through the lens of the past, these 30 mash-ups of past and future push the boundaries of steampunk. The Mammoth Book of Steampunk showcases the very best in the form of stories by Paul Di Filippo, Neil Gaiman, Cherie Priest, and many more.
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