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Steampunk |  | Creators: Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.4 x 1
ISBN: 1892391759
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876608
EAN: 9781892391759
ASIN: 1892391759
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
Replete with whimsical mechanical wonders and charmingly anachronistic settings, this pioneering anthology gathers a brilliant blend of fantastical stories. Steampunk originates in the romantic elegance of the Victorian era and blends in modern scientific advances—synthesizing imaginative technologies such as steam-driven robots, analog supercomputers, and ultramodern dirigibles. The elegant allure of this popular new genre is represented in this rich collection by distinctively talented authors, including Neal Stephenson, Michael Chabon, James Blaylock, Michael Moorcock, and Joe R. Lansdale.
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 Dry read from hell July 23, 2010
Gamer7
Over all the book was okay, but mostly a dry read. If you want to read anything nostalgic that has the 'steampunk' genre just read Jules Verne. Can not go wrong there.
 Steampunk Sampler January 19, 2010
Prof. CJ (North FL, USA)
Steampunk is a neat niche subgenre, a melding of Jules Verne-esque, Victorian era scifi with some modern sensibilities and other anachronisms. This anthology is a nice intro to the field.
Among my favorites here are the excerpt from Michael Moorcock's novel, WARLORD OF THE AIR, and the short stories "Lord Kelvin's Machine" by James P. Blaylock and "The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down: A Dime Novel" by Joe R. Lansdale (the latter an extremely graphic and nasty deconstruction, but unarguably unforgettable.)
The stories are pretty representative of the field. I didn't like all of them, but that's pretty commonplace for any reader when you're reading an anthology of stories by many different authors. If you're at all curious about steampunk, this primer is a good starting point.
 A decent selection of differing tales April 27, 2009
Steven Warfield (Scotia, NY)
After being somewhat disappointed from my first foray into the steampunk genre, I was unsure what to expect from the stories in this tome. In that I had read two of them previously - the ones by Di Filippo, which I disliked, and by Lansdale, which I liked immensely - I wasn't sure if the rest would fall into my reading tastes.
There were quite a few quality stories in this collection, notably the ones by Blaylock, Chaing and Chapman. I particularly enjoyed the metaphysical aspects of Chaing's story, which dealt less with the technological side of steampunk vice its possible spiritual.
The remaining stories were well written but didn't hold my interest very well, with the exception of "The Giving Mouth" by MacLeod which was just too damned weird for its own good - with so many differences between the world described to our own, it had pretty firmly crossed the line from 'steampunk' to just 'odd fantasy.'
 A fine gathering of 'steampunk' writings October 13, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Neal Stephenson, Joe R. Lansdale, Mary Gentle, Paul di Filippo and other notables are featured in a fine gathering of 'steampunk' writings. The genre pairs Victorian images with modern technology - such as steam-driven robots and space-faring dirigibles. A satisfying blend of technology, Victorian plots and romance and compassion mark stories that hold many delightful scenes, and are hard to put down.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
good survey of bad writing August 28, 2008
Thomas Permutt (Columbia, MD United States)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I can recommend it to people like me, with an interest but not much knowledge of steampunk. The stories are well chosen to give an idea of the range of ideas and styles.
They weren't much fun to read, though. Mostly unimaginative, implausible, sometimes self-parodying pulp fiction with poorly-researched Victorian trappings. Perhaps I'm missing the point, and that's what makes it punk. Even so, it will be of interest either to the committed or the perplexed, but not to people looking for good writing.
"The Steam Man of the Prairie" is intentionally so bad as to be good, however, and "Seventy-Two Letters" is a gem: elegant, provocative, worth reading twice or more until you slap your head and smile.
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