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 is the time to do so before you fall so far behind.

It also should be noted that Soulless can be nominated for a Hugo Award .

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 Lake, Phil Brucato, Catherynne M. Valente, David Wellington, Jillian Venters, G. D. Falksen and many more. All have penned stories of steampunk and pulp just for you. Any electrical device that can download files can have this. So basically you now have something to read on the train, bus or wherever you are. No matter where, you can and will have your steampunk. If you have not been reading, now is your chance to catch up. All our back issues are always available for you any time you wish.

All here just for you
www.steampunktales.com

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 proper recognition to the people whose art made it possible to create the video. It is up to the artists to contact the publisher and sort this out, but hopefully it can be resolved positively so that the artists can still benefit from having their work (properly credited) available to such a wide potential audience.

In the meantime, I think it’s best to credit the artists. I am including names and links for all of the ones that I recognized, but if I miss anyone, please leave their name and website in the comments.

The model in the photo of the gentleman with the clockwork arm is author G. D. Falksen. The photo is by Tarilyn Quinn. The original image can be seen here.

The background image at 0:51 is Gears and Wrought Iron by steampunkwallpaper.com.

The illustration of the city was created by Alberto Gordillo, as seen here.

The watches flashed one at a time are by the wonderful Haruo
Suekichi of Japan.

These are the ones I could identify right away, but there were more images in the video so if you recognize the ones I have missed, sound off in the comments.

On the one hand, this should assert to all the artists who have had their work used in this video that they are doing a great job. The art is wonderful enough to be used in a commercial to advertise a book put out by a major publisher. But the publisher should have contacted each artist for permission. At the very, very, very least they should have credited their sources. I know a number of the artists identified here have contacted the publisher to get credited for their work, so it should all work out one way or another. It also should be noted that typically the author never really has any say in the production of advertisements like this, and so this is in no way, shape or form Katie MacAlister’s fault. She did her job and wrote a steampunk book for everyone to enjoy, and I’m certain had she known she would have insisted that the artists all receive the recognition due their work. But the publishing company, which was responsible for the video’s creation, should have known better. Whoever was delegated to for making the video should be in hot water right now.

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 in mythology and neuroscience and personal exploration of remote Irish locations, ‘and Falling, Fly’ has garnered praise from paranormal luminaries Anya Bast and Julie Kenner.  Kenner says:

“With its lyrical prose and mythological themes, Skyler White’s and Falling, Fly, puts a unique and intelligent spin on the vampire legend, introducing complex, compelling characters in a deeply romantic story that will have readers turning pages well past their bedtime, and thinking about the book long after they’ve reached the end. An absolutely wonderful debut!”

“and falling, Fly“, from Berkley Books in March 2010.

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. The length of the tales should be between 7,000 and 9,000 words.

Stories can be submitted to stories@steampunkquarterly.com .  Our website is, of course, Steampunk Quarterly

This museum is worth the walk for its collection but also for the magnificient view on the river.

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 theme with this issue, featuring the Romantics, alchemy, Luddites, corsets, sculpture, windmills, poetry and the Victorian martial arts in their biggest edition to date!

The Halloween Edition of the Gatehouse Gazette celebrates “Forbidden Tales of Fervor and Fright” with articles about H.P. Lovecraft and the latest Wolfenstein video game. There is also an interview dieselpunk artist Sam Van Olffen and a short story by Natania Barron.

The next issue of SteamPunk Magazine is currently scheduled for release in March 2010. The next issue of the Gatehouse Gazette should appear around the 1st of November this year.

Set on the eve of WWI, the story’s two main characters are Aleks, the incognito orphan of the freshly assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Deryn, a Scots girl who has dressed in boys’ clothes to join Britain’s Darwinist air-corps.

Leviathan is, (of course) a floating ecosystem a quarter-mile long, made up of whales, bats, bees, six-legged hydrogen-sniffing dogs, and all manner of beasties that make her the meanest thing in the sky.

Filled with gripping air and land-battles, political intrigue and danger, science and madness, Leviathan is part Island of Dr Moreau, part Patrick O’Brien. And to top it all off, the volume is lavishly illustrated with fabulous ink-drawings of the best scenes from the book, executed in high Victorian style by Keith Thompson.

Leviathan is available now at amazon.com

(info via Boing Boing)

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 Toby Frost’s upcoming Space Captain Smith novel, Wrath of the Lemming Men.

• Click here for SteamPunk Magazine’s Issue #5
• Click here for the Gatehouse Gazette’s Issue #7

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 page to see what’s going on.  Tor.com being a well-oiled machine, we’ll naturally update it as each post goes up.

To start you off, we have an interview with Diana Vick, vice-chair of the upcoming Steamcon, on what steampunk means to her and the dubious joys of running a con. You can also check out this review of George Mann’s The Affinity Bridge—a cracking good yarn, and just the thing to get you in the mood”

Well worth a look.