Review: Clockpunk world of wonders
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2014
I found this a fascinating short story, perhaps because clockpunk was for me a completely new genre. Forever Boy's world is bizarre, vaguely threatening, and charming, all at the same time. Magic, clockwork and demons are woven seamlessly into a very human narrative, and characterization is very good. Go Fer Dog is wonderfully well done, and it is hard to believe that Bright is a metal creature. By that I mean that his personality is very alive even though one is always aware that he is a construction of metal. Kadmeion's mysterious ambivalence demands that one get to know him, presumably by reading a full book at some point. I look forward to it!