num_pages: 352
description: Gaslamp Fantasy or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels including Stardust by Neil Gaiman Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke and The Prestige by Christopher Priest owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen the Bronts and George Meredith to Charles Dickens Anthony Trollope and William Morris. And of course the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period.Queen Victorias Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings characters and themes. These approaches stretch from steampunk fiction to the Austen-and-Trollope inspired works that some critics call Fantasy of Manners all of which fit under the larger umbrella of Gaslamp Fantasy. The result is eighteen stories by experts from the fantasy horror mainstream and young adult fields including both bestselling writers and exciting new talents such as Elizabeth Bear James Blaylock Jeffrey Ford Ellen Kushner Tanith Lee Gregory Maguire Delia Sherman and Catherynne M. Valente who present a bewitching vision of a nineteenth century invested (or cursed!) with magic.The Line-up:Queen Victorias Book of Spells by Delia ShermanThe Fairy Enterprise by Jeffrey FordFrom the Catalogue of the Pavilion of the Uncanny and Marvelous Scheduled for Premiere at the Great Exhibition (Before the Fire) by Genevieve ValentineThe Memory Book by Maureen McHughLa Reine DEnfer by Kathe KojaBriar Rose by Elizabeth WeinThe Governess by Elizabeth BearSmithfield by James P. BlaylockThe Unwanted Women of Surrey by Kaaron WarrenCharged by Leanna Renee HieberMr. Splitfoot by Dale BaileyPhosphorus by Veronica SchanoesWe Without Us Were Shadows by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Vital Importance of the Superficial by Ellen Kushner and Caroline StevermerThe Jewel in the Toad Queens Crown by Jane YolenA Few Twigs He Left Behind by Gregory MaguireTheir Monstrous Minds by Tanith LeeEstella Saves the Village by Theodora Goss
language: English
title: Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
publisher: Tor