Title: Steampunk
Author: Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
Read By: Mary Kane
Year: 2009
Genre: Science Fiction
Number of MP3s: 12
Total Duration: 14:24:13
Total MP3 Size: 593.48
Encoded At: CBR 96 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
Steampunk is Victorian elegance and modern technology: steam-driven
robots, souped-up stagecoaches, and space-faring dirigibles fueled by
gaslight romance, mad scientists, and oh-so-trim waistcoats. ItÆs The
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The
Wizard of Oz, and The Golden Compass. Replete with whimsical mechanical
wonders and bold adventurers, this riveting anthology lovingly collects
classic steampunk stories, pop-culture fueled discussions of steampunk,
and essential recommended reading lists for the discerning steampunk
fan.
From the editors of The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric
and Discredited Diseases and The New Weird, this is steampunk. Hang
on tight.
**STAR** The VanderMeers (The New Weird) have assembled another outstanding
theme anthology, this one featuring stories set in alternate Victorian
eras. Michael Moorcock, the godfather of steampunk, is represented by
an excerpt from his classic novel The Warlord of the Air. In "Lord Kelvin's
Machine," a fine tale from prolific steampunk author James P. Blaylock,
mad scientists plot to throw the Earth into the path of a passing comet,
declaring that "science will save us this time, gentlemen, if it doesn't
kill us first." Michael Chabon's vivid and moving "The Martian Agent,
a Planetary Romance" recounts the lives of two young brothers in the
aftermath of George Custer's mutiny against Queen Victoria, while historical
fantasist Mary Gentle describes a classic struggle between safety and
progress in "A Sun in the Attic." This is a superb introduction to one
of the most popular and inventive subgenres in science fiction.
-Publishers Weekly
CONTENTS
1. "Preface" by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
2. "Introduction: The Nineteenth Century Roots of Steampunk" by Jess
Nevins
3. "Steampunk in Pop Culture" by Rick Klaw
4. "Steampunk in the Comics" by Bill Baker
5. "Benediction: Warlord of the Air" excerpt, Michael Moorcock
6. "Lord Kelvin's Machine" by James Blaylock
7. "The Giving Mouth" by Ian MacLeod
8. "A Sun in the Attic" by Mary Gentle
9. "The God-Clown Is Near" by Jay Lake
10. "The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down" by Joe
Lansdale
11. "The Selene Gardening Society" by Molly Brown
12. "Seventy-Two Letters" by Ted Chiang
13. "The Martian Agent: An Interplanetary Romance" by Michael Chabon
14. "Victoria" by Paul Di Filippo
15. "Reflected Light" by Rachel E. Pollack
16. "Minutes of the Last Meeting" by Stepan Chapman
17. "Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of the Tribes of the Pacific
Coast" by Neal Stephenson
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