Karin Lowachee: The Gaslight Dogs cover

Posted on October 14, 2009 by janicu

The Gaslight Dogs
Karin Lowachee

OMGOMGOMG!!!!
I kept checking and FINALLY, The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee (out March 2010 from Orbit) is available for preorder on Amazon !!  I want this book. I’m a big fan of this author’s science fiction trilogy (Warchild, Burndive, Cagebird, although I still need to read that last book), but this new [...]

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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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