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A collection of Steampunk stories edited by Kelly Link (an author I really like).
Steampunk is a tricky genre, authors can over do it with the "Story = victorian morals + coal engine + airship, done; raygun and damsel in distress are optional but help"; which doesn't substitute for a good or original plot. This collection has about 1/3 of stories that fall in there, which makes them repetitive or predictable.
That said, the rest of the collection is good and entertaining. If you want a light introduction to the genre, and considering it is a book you can get from the library, it is a good one to try.
Steampunk is a tricky genre, authors can over do it with the "Story = victorian morals + coal engine + airship, done; raygun and damsel in distress are optional but help"; which doesn't substitute for a good or original plot. This collection has about 1/3 of stories that fall in there, which makes them repetitive or predictable.
That said, the rest of the collection is good and entertaining. If you want a light introduction to the genre, and considering it is a book you can get from the library, it is a good one to try.