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Editor: Ann VanderMeerEditor: Jeff VanderMeer
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-01
ISBN: 1892391759
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
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Book Review: A decent selection of differing tales
Summary: 3 Stars
After being somewhat disappointed from my first foray into the steampunk genre, I was unsure what to expect from the stories in this tome. In that I had read two of them previously - the ones by Di Filippo, which I disliked, and by Lansdale, which I liked immensely - I wasn't sure if the rest would fall into my reading tastes.
There were quite a few quality stories in this collection, notably the ones by Blaylock, Chaing and Chapman. I particularly enjoyed the metaphysical aspects of Chaing's story, which dealt less with the technological side of steampunk vice its possible spiritual.
The remaining stories were well written but didn't hold my interest very well, with the exception of "The Giving Mouth" by MacLeod which was just too damned weird for its own good - with so many differences between the world described to our own, it had pretty firmly crossed the line from 'steampunk' to just 'odd fantasy.'
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