Around the web: Soulless cover art

Posted on August 16, 2009 by janicu

 

Victorian 2 Piece Traveling Suit alternate view

 

Victorian 2 Piece Traveling Suit

Look familiar? I was surfing the web and discovered Clockwork Couture, A Fine Steampunk Clothier, and their photoshoot for the Victorian 2 piece Traveling Suit ($320) was used for the cover of Soulless by Gail Carriger: “A high Chinese colar and cuffs adorned with black lace, along [...]

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Soulless by Gail Carriger

Posted on June 12, 2009 by janicu

Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate)
Gail Carriger

Soulless caught my eye a couple of months ago when I saw the cover, but I really wanted to read it because of the blurb. When I found this book at BEA I was ALL over it, and with the number of entries for my Soulless giveaway, I wish I had [...]

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Steampunk – the Next Big Thing?

Posted on May 24, 2009 by janicu

Steampunk

 
Above artwork is “Steampunk” by John Coulthart
 
Is Steampunk the new trend in the fantasy genre? I’m beginning to see it everywhere I look. But what is it? The image above has tongue-in-cheek a formula Jeff VanderMeer came up with: Mad Scientist Inventor [invention (steam x airship or metal man / baroque stylings) x (pseudo) Victorian setting] + progressive [...]

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