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A review by sciphi
Pimp My Airship: A Naptown by Airship Novel by Maurice Broaddus
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
In a United States like ours, but where the civil war never started and emancipation happened as an afterthought due to the rise of “steam” technology powering gear and cog built automatons, oppression of the quite literal underclass has reached a breaking point. Social unrest simmers just below the boiling and crooked politicians hire amoral hustlers to betray their neighbors to the ever-present C.O.P.S.
The sometimes slam-poet Sleepy and his new activist acquaintance, Knowledge Allah, stumble into a desperate deal between an Oppressor’s schemes and a Revolutionary’s conspiracy to thwart them.
Meanwhile, a mad scientist is misusing the work of an idealistic lady inventor, until both stories criss-cross and intertwine, culminating in an stolen airship and an explosive rescue, with several dose of derring-do along the way.
The sometimes slam-poet Sleepy and his new activist acquaintance, Knowledge Allah, stumble into a desperate deal between an Oppressor’s schemes and a Revolutionary’s conspiracy to thwart them.
Meanwhile, a mad scientist is misusing the work of an idealistic lady inventor, until both stories criss-cross and intertwine, culminating in an stolen airship and an explosive rescue, with several dose of derring-do along the way.