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Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology (2008)

by Nick Gevers(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1844166007 (ISBN13: 9781844166008)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Solaris

review 1: I didn't get to read all of this but if the last few storiesa are anything like the first six or seven then I wasn't missing out. I'm new to the steampunk genre so I was really excited when I stumbled upon this book. I mean, how can you go wrong reading the "definitive collection?" So I was really disappointed by how dull and lifeless most of the stories were. The only one I really enjoyed was MacLeod's "Elementals." Also, a lot of the stories that I did end up reading were not really "steampunk" or at least how I understand the genre to be. So to call this collection "definitive" is inappropriate because I'm sure there are better examples of steampunk out there than what was represented here.
review 2: I snagged this because I was curious about the Kage Baker ... morestory. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a story featuring Edward Bell-Fairfax from her Company series. And ... I kinda loathe that character. I took a look at some of the stories by the other authors I was familiar with but ... nothing really grabbed me here. If you want an introduction to steampunk, the anthology edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer is superior IMO. less

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