hildy89 | Entries tagged with steampunk

Some covers are just guaranteed to make to go "Whoops, what's that?" That was the case when I spotted the George Mann's "Affinity Bridge" cover in this Tor books blog. Was that an airship I spied? Indeed, it was yet another steampunk Victorian story, this time a mystery set in 1900 England. The book won't be published in the States until later next year alas. Mann's British publisher Snow Books has commissioned a short story in the same universe, called "The Shattered Teacup". You can both download it as a pdf or as an audio book. The voice actor manages fairly well with the different voices and accents. It's a very old school detective story, which is a nice relief from all the darkness and angst. The steampunk touch in this reminded me more of "Clash of the Titans", but in a good way. You'll understand.

Tor Books has started an interesting newsletter. With each issue, you receive a link to a free ebook in several formats (PDF/Html/Mobi) and two wallpapers. So far they've sent out

kateelliott's "Spirit Gate", Peter Watts' "Starfish" and C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp's "Touch of Evil".

In my book browsing the other day, I came across an encouraging discovery, a steampunk fantasy novel "The Clockwork Heart" by Dru Pagliassotti published by Juno Books. Why encouraging? Because it was originally written as a Nano novel. Now granted Pagliassotti has been editing the Harrow for awhile, so isn't quite the same as lowly Nano wannabe, but it has started me thinking about the first completed Nano again. It's original fantasy, but is the female protagonist "strong" enough? Something to think about...