Reviews

The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures by Tony Pi, Sofia Samatar, Christopher Barzak, Sean Wallace, A.C. Wise, Tobias S. Buckell, K.W. Jeter, Lisa L. Hannett, Samantha Henderson, Ann VanderMeer, Nisi Shawl, Carrie Vaughn, Alex Dally MacFarlane, C.S.E. Cooney, Jay Lake, Cherie Priest, Genevieve Valentine, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Aliette de Bodard, Gord Sellar, Ken Liu, Chris Robertson, Catherine Tobler, Cat Rambo, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Jonathan Wood, Margaret Ronald

fatalamelia's review

adventurous

2.25

amdame1's review

3.0

30+ steam punk short stories. As with all short story collections, there were some that I really liked and others that I didn't... and as always, the ones that I liked, I wanted to be developed as a full length novel, and the ones that I didn't I was really glad that they were short and I was done with them.

halfmanhalfbook's review

3.0

I have never read any Steampunk so this seemed to be a good place to start. There are 26 different short stories in here from stars of the genre like Cherie Priest to others that I have never heard of. As with any short story collection you do get a mixed bag. There were some really good ones that captured the essence of Steampunk perfectly, with the machines, dirigibles and automata making you feel that the time machine that you had just stepped out of had bought you to a very different world. Others didn’t work for me, either because they didn’t have the right Victorian feel, or seem Steampunk enough.

Not bad overall, but not outstanding. It has give me the impetus to explore the genre further though.