A review by drowsyreaper
Steampunk! an Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories by
5.0
One of the best anthologies I've read in a long time. While there were a few stories that made me wonder why they were being considered steampunk, I enjoyed all of them. Okay, so Seven Day Beset by Demons was a let down, but that was the only one.
These authors are not steampunk authors, or even genre writers. Where so many steampunk writers seem to think of the world before the story, these are simply authors who have taken on the concept of steampunk and used it to accent a story, and for that, the impact and dept of the world is so much more potent. I think fans of steampunk and readers who are new to the genre will both find this a fantastic collection.
Also, the cover is really, really pretty.
Some of my favorites are:
The Last Ride of the Glory Girls by Libba Bray
Clockwork Fagin by Cory Doctrow
The Ghost of Cymwer Manor by Delia Sherman
Finishing School by Kathleen Jennings
Gethsemane by Elizabeth Knox
and The Summer People by Kelly Link
but really, everything in here is good. Go read it.
These authors are not steampunk authors, or even genre writers. Where so many steampunk writers seem to think of the world before the story, these are simply authors who have taken on the concept of steampunk and used it to accent a story, and for that, the impact and dept of the world is so much more potent. I think fans of steampunk and readers who are new to the genre will both find this a fantastic collection.
Also, the cover is really, really pretty.
Some of my favorites are:
The Last Ride of the Glory Girls by Libba Bray
Clockwork Fagin by Cory Doctrow
The Ghost of Cymwer Manor by Delia Sherman
Finishing School by Kathleen Jennings
Gethsemane by Elizabeth Knox
and The Summer People by Kelly Link
but really, everything in here is good. Go read it.