Being giddy about Doubleblind & June releases

Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, Book 3)
Ann Aguirre
Just a quick post here:
I’m a big Ann Aguirre fangirl and every time I hear news about any of her new books I’m all a-tizzy. So I wanted to point out that over the weekend ocelott has put up the very first review anywhere of Doubleblind. She says:
“if you haven’t read the previous [...]

Steampunk – the Next Big Thing?

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 [...]