Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) In a genre based upon the re-imagining and reinvention of history, these authors manage to take their characters-and readers-to bold new frontiers. Booklist (starred review) It is about time that steampunk short stories really got a focused and creative exploration in YA lit, and this anthology of fourteen pieces is an excellent start. School Library Journal (starred review) Editors Link and Gavin treat fans, old and new, to an array of fantastically rich stories in this polished, outstanding collection.the result is an anthology that is almost impossible to put downi From rebellious motorists to girl bandits, the characters in this imaginative collection shine, and there isn't a weak story in the mix each one offers depth and delight. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Within these pages, there's a little something for everyone.This exceptional anthology does great service to the steampunk subgenre and will do much to further its audience. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Veteran editors Link and Grant serve up a delicious mix of original stories from 14 skilled writers and artists.Chockful of gear-driven automatons, looming dirigibles, and wildly implausible time machines, these often baroque, intensely anachronistic tales should please steampunks of all ages. An excellent collection, full of unexpected delights. Steampunk is hot at the moment in literature, art and fashion: This collection taps into the ethos without ever seeming topical or transient, thanks to contributions rich with much more than just steam and brass fittings. The result is an anthology that defies its genre even as it defines it. Grant have invited all-new explorations and expansions, taking a genre already rich, strange, and inventive in the extreme and challenging contributors to remake it from the ground up.
Here, fourteen masters of speculative fiction, including two graphic storytellers, embrace the genre's established themes and refashion them in surprising ways and settings as diverse as Appalachia, ancient Rome, future Australia, and alternate California.
Where scientists and schoolgirls, fair folk and Romans, intergalactic bandits, utopian revolutionaries, and intrepid orphans solve crimes, escape from monstrous predicaments, consult oracles, and hover over volcanoes in steam-powered airships.
Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and re-craft a world of automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never were. Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. In the first major YA steampunk anthology, fourteen top storytellers push the genre's mix of sci-fi, fantasy, history, and adventure in fascinating new directions.
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