Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology | 
 enlarge | Creator: Nick Gevers
Publisher: Solaris
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 43473
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1844166007
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876208
EAN: 9781844166008
ASIN: 1844166007
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology assembles original stories by some of the genre's foremost writers. Edited by Nick Gevers, this collection includes brand new stories by Stephen Baxter, Eric Brown, Paul Di Filippo, Hal Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Jay Lake, Ian R. MacLeod, Michael Moorcock, Robert Reed, Lucius Shepard, Brian Stableford, Jeff VanderMeer and more.
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Extraordinary Engines A Steampunk Anthology November 29, 2008
This is a short story compilation of writers by Kage Baker, Michael Moorcock, Robert Reed, Lucius Shepard, Brian Stableford, Jeff VanderMeer and edited by Nick Gevers. Like many anthologies, some stories are stronger than others are, some are excellent, and some you will just skip through without even skimming them. The overall book though is very good and was very readable and enjoyable. Some of the standout stories though were Kage Baker's story with Edward Bell-Fairfax from the Company Series. The part that was the saddest is that many of the stories were not really Steampunk, and that is ok, as Steampunk is a hard genre to identify, and one would be thinking more of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for a true Steampunk look and feel.
Outside of not being in line with what I consider Steampunk, the stories overall were ok, with the standard standouts and stories to skip. It was worth picking up and reading because of those strong stories, Kage Baker, American Cheetah, Steampunch (which did meet the idea of Steampunk), and Elementals. Otherwise, everyone's opinion will vary and people will latch onto the stories from authors that they like. An anthology can never be 100% satisfying, good to read yes, but had some issues. 4 of 5 stars, worth getting for the authors that you like.
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