Archive for the 'Books' Category

Vampires,Werewolves and Parasols

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Gail Carriger has taken it upon her self to give the world a Series of wonderful , whimsical and unique steampunk books.

The Parasol Protectorate Series books are comedies of manners set in Victorian London: full of vampires, dirigibles, and tea. If you have yet to pick up the first book in the set “Soulless“, now [...]

Steampunk Tales

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

It should be noted to one and all that there are now six issues of Steampunk Tales for you to own, love and read. A list of internationaln award winning authors grace us with their talent for each and every issue, all for the sake of your entertainment.
The likes of Jay [...]

Recognize any thing?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

See the video here : Steamed or Whos art is who
Tonight it was discovered that the promotional video for Katie MacAlister’s new book “Steamed” (a steampunk romance novel now on the shelves at your local bookstore) included images by various artists who were not credited. Whoever put the video together failed to give [...]

“and Falling,Fly” – a novel by Skyler White.

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

“a dark fable of desire between a fallen angel and a self-medicating neuroscientist in a steampunk hell”
That’s the tagline for Skyler White’s novel “and Falling, Fly”
“Skyler White’s debut novel is a dark fable exploring the nature of feminine desire through its vampiric heroine’s trials in a lush steampunk Hell. The result of extensive academic research [...]

Steampunk Quarterly – Writers Wanted

Monday, December 28th, 2009

From
Dr. van Klausen via email, comes this:
Greetings!
For the first issue of our steampunk story zine “Steampunk Quarterly”, which hopefully will be published in February, we still need more stories.
So we put out an announcement for every steampunk writer out there to send us her or his story. Every story published will be rewarded with $50. [...]

Jules Verne Museum, Nantes

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

There were many writers that influenced the Steampunk mouvement and no one more than Jules Verne.

If you have time for the coming summer and after having visited the docks where you can see the Great walking Elephant, I advise you to go up-hill to the Jules Verne Museum. 3 floors of this ancient mansion of [...]

Truly the latest magazine editions

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

As you may have gathered, my last post was published with a little delay, therefore, I give you now the links to truly the latest issues of our two steampunk online magazines:

Click here for issue #6 of SteamPunk Magazine
Click here for issue #8 of the Gatehouse Gazette

 
SteamPunk Magazine takes on “The Pre-Industrial Revolution” as [...]

Leviathan – A new Steampunk Young Adult novel by Scott Westerfield

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan is the first volume of a new series of young adult novels. Leviathan is set in an alternate steampunk past, in which the powers of the world are divided into “Clankers” ,who favour huge, steam-powered walking war-machines; and “Darwinists”, whose hybrid “beasties” can stand in for airships, steam-trains, war-ships, and subs (inclusing [...]

Lots to read!

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The two premier steampunk online magazines have released their latest editions. SteamPunk Magazine’s fifth issue features “everything from emergency welding to a very special guest essay by Bruce Sterling” while the seventh issue of the Gatehouse Gazette is dedicated to “The Metropolis,” with reviews of the 1927 film, columns and an exclusive preview of [...]

October is Steampunk Month at TOR Books.

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

TOR Books, publisher of science-fiction and fantasy books has declared October 2009, to be their Month of Steampunk.
From the TOR Newsletter:
“In other words, October is Steampunk Month on Tor.com! All month, we’ll be hosting special content, including giveaways, wallpapers, reviews, and posts by guest bloggers from the steampunk community. Check out the Steampunk Month index [...]