num_pages: 426
description: Blending the romantic elegance of the Victorian era with modern scientific advances the popular Steampunk genre spotlighted in this collection is innovative and stimulates the imagination. This artfully assembled anthology of original fiction nonfiction and art can serve as an introduction to the Steampunk culture or provide dedicated fans with more fuel. Stories of outlandishly imaginative technologies clockwork contraptions eccentric heroines and mad scientists are complemented by canon-defining nonfiction and an array of original illustrations. This collection showcases the most sensational Steampunk talents of the last decade including Daniel Abraham John Coulthart William Gibson and Margo Lanagan and demonstrates exactly why the future of the past is so excitingly new.ContentsIntroduction: What Is Steampunk? by Jeff and Ann VanderMeerThe Cast Iron Kid by Andrew KnightonThe Steam Dancer (1896) by Caitln R. KiernanThe Anachronists Cookbook by Catherynne M. ValenteTanglefoot by Cherie PriestO One by Chris RobersonBalfour and Meriwether in the Adventure of the Emperors Vengeance by Daniel AbrahamThe Bold Explorer in the Place Beyond by David Erik NelsonThe Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday by Geoffery D. FalksenAt the Intersection of Technology and Romance by Jake von SlattThe Future of Steampunk: A Roundtable Interview by Jeff and Ann VanderMeerDr. Lash Remembers by Jeffrey FordLost Pages From The Encyclopdia of Victoriana by Jess NevinsAs Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers by Lisa MantchevA Serpent in the Gears by Margaret RonaldMachine Maid by Margo LanaganWhich Is Mightier the Pen or the Parasol? by Gail CarrigerThe Unbecoming of Virgil Smythe by Ramsey ShehadehWild Copper by Samantha HendersonThe Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar by Shweta NarayanThe Unblinking Eye by Stephen BaxterLovelace &amp; Babbage by Sydney PaduaThe Persecution Machine by Tanith LeeFlying Fish (Prometheus) by Vilhelm BergseThe Gernsback Continuum by William Gibson
language: English
title: Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
publisher: Tachyon Publications