The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures

by Sean Wallace (Editor)

Overview

Looking to the future through the lens of the past, here is a second fantastic collection of over 30 typically anarchic mash-ups that push the boundaries of steampunk from the same editor of the bestselling Mammoth Book of Steampunk. Includes an introduction by Ann VanderMeer, along with stories by Tobias S. Buckell, A.C. Wise, Cherie Priest, Jay Lake, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Christopher Barzak, Carrie Vaughn, Jonathan Wood, Chris Roberson,

C.S.E. Cooney, E. Catherine Tobler, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Gord Sellar, Tony Pi, Aliette de Bodard, Nisi Shawl, Lisa L. Hannett, Genevieve Valentine, Sofia Samatar, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cat Rambo, K.W. Jeter, Margaret Ronald, Samantha Henderson, and Ken Liu.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762454648
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	10/07/2014
Series:	Mammoth Books
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Sean Wallace is the founder and editor of Prime Books, which won a World Fantasy Award in 2006. In the past he was co-editor of Fantasy Magazine as well as Hugo Award-winning and two-time World Fantasy nominee of Clarkesworld Magazine. He is also the editor of the following anthologies: Best New Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror: The Best of the Year, Jabberwocky, Japanese Dreams, and The Mammoth Book of Steampunk. Plus, he co-edited Bandersnatch, Fantasy Annual, Phantom, and Weird Tales: The 21st Century.

Editorial Reviews

★ 08/11/2014
Wallace’s smart, provocative collection proves that “steampunk is alive and well” by reaching out to the edges of its mash-up sensibilities, with 25 pieces that use the aesthetic elements of clockwork, steam, and magic to tell a diverse range of human stories. Dalliances like the movie-theater sleuthing of Tony Pi’s “The Curse of Chimère” sit alongside much darker fare, like A.C. Wise’s “A Mouse Ran Up the Clock,” in which Jews are forced to make spying automata for the Germans. A classic theme of romantic escape from a retro-futuristic city (Tobias S. Buckell’s “Love Comes to Abyssal City”) is, for example, balanced by a novel exploration of lesbian sexuality among nomads (Alex Dally MacFarlane’s “Selin That Has Grown in the Desert”), and mechanicals range from whimsical toys (Margaret Ronald’s “The Governess and the Lobster”) to the foundations of industrial dystopias (Christopher Barzak’s “Smoke City”). Cultures range far beyond the neo-Victorian, and characters include Chinese demon-hunters (Ken Liu’s “Good Hunting”) and Mesoamerican warriors (Aliette de Bodard’s “Memories in Bronze, Feathers, and Blood”). This is an expansive display of creative world-building by thoughtful storytellers, boldly ranging well beyond its quasi-historical contexts. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

Wallace's smart, provocative collection proves that “steampunk is alive and well” by reaching out to the edges of its mashup sensibilities, with 25 pieces that use the aesthetic elements of clockwork, steam, and magic to tell a diverse range of human stories....This is an expansive display of creative world-building by thoughtful storytellers, boldly ranging well beyond its quasi-historical contexts.
—Publisher's Weekly Starred Review

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