Reviews

Steampunk by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer

daria_nedelcu19's review

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

Introduction: The 19th Century Roots of Steampunk by Jess Nevins 7/10
Benediction: Excerpt from The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock 6/10
Lord Kelvin's Machine by James P. Blaylock 4/10
*The Giving Mouth by Ian R. MacLeod 7/10
A Sun in the Attic by Mary Gentle 6/10
The God-Clown is Near by Jay Lake 7/10
*The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down: A Dime Novel by Joe R. Lansdale 0/10
The Selene Gardening Society by Molly Brown 7/10
Seventy-Two Letters by Ted Chiang 8/10
*The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance by Michael Chabon 3/10
Victoria by Paul Di Filippo 2/10
Reflected Light by Rachel E. Pollock 9/10
*Minutes of the Last Meeting by Stepan Chapman 5/10
Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of Tribes of the Pacific Coast by Neal Stephenson 7/10
(* = audio)

Rating: 2.79/5

jen1110's review

3.0

This was a pretty good collection of short stories. Two of them didn't keep my interest long enough to finish, but the rest were varying degrees of cool. After finishing the book, I want to run a steampunk game of some flavor. Super amazing tech and very...odd morals.

Worth reading if you like steampunky goodness.