steampunk

  • (Steam)Punk’s Not Dead

    Remember steampunk, that intriguing genre of “What If…,” featuring fantastic steam-powered machines, airships, clever sartorial uses of brass, and goggles, all set against a Victorian backdrop? What about its close speculative subgenre cousin, gaslamp fantasy? With the recent release of Jim Butcher’s The Olympian Affair, the second book in his steampunk Cinder Spire series, it’s… Continue reading

  • My Favorite 2016 Science Fiction and Fantasy

    Every year I push myself to read a variety of fiction, new and old, and a mixture of science fiction and fantasy. Here are some of my favorite science fiction and fantasy novels published in 2016: Continue reading

  • Romantic Wednesdays: Putting the Steam in Steampunk

    First of all, what is this steampunk, anyway? Think of it this way. If the kind of technology in Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth or Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea actually worked, if all those marvelous Victorian steam-powered machines, and we used airships like the Hindenburg instead of airplanes, well,… Continue reading

  • Science Fiction Fridays: 3 steampunks perfect for summer reading

    Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells edited by Ellen Datlow A stunning collection of short stories by some of the best fantasy authors in the field that range from lush historical fantasy to thrilling steampunk, and everything in between. Plenty of revenge tales (a personal favorite of mine) and all the authors capture the Victorian period… Continue reading