Steampunk Specs

by Allan Kaster (Editor)

An anthology of steampunk speculative stories including work by:
Cherie Priest (Author)
Christopher Barzak (Author)
Jeffrey Ford (Author)
Margo Lanagan (Author)
Sean McMullen (Author)
Cat Rambo (Author)
Michael Swanwick (Author)
Tom Dheere (Narrator)
Vanessa Hart (Narrator)
Nancy Linari (Narrator)

Audio CD

First published February 28, 2013

About the author

Editor of science fiction anthologies

Reviews

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

I originally bought this anthology to read Tanglefoot by Cherie Priest. That story was as good as I expect from her. The other stories are quite a mixed bag though.
I realised that i really don't appreciate some authors usage of first person narrative.

My favourite stories (not counting Tanglefoot) were A serpent in the gears (Margaret Ronald), Zeppelin City (Michael Swanwick & Eileen Gunn), Smoke city (Christopher Barzak) and Clockwork Fairies (Cat Rambo).
Even though the last one was a little too clever at times trying to get as many hints to our timeline as possible.

[Sarah]

Tanglefoot by Cherie Priest **** Actually creeped me out, and I thought I'd grown out of the 'scared of creepy dolls' phase. Once again, some of the writing in the middle was a little clumsy, but overall the world described drew me in, and the characters were well fleshed out. The narrator was a little distracting at the beginning, but I soon grew used to the changes in accent and inflection for different characters.