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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Rising
Ian Tregillis · 468 pages
"The second book in the Alchemy Wars trilogy by Ian Tregillis, an epic tale of liberation and war. Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he must begin his life as a free Clakker, but liberation proves its own burden. Berenice, formerly the legendary spymaster of New France, mastermind behind her nation's attempts to
Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl
David Barnett · 351 pages
"Nineteenth century London is the center of a vast British Empire. Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over three-quarters of the known world, including the East Coast of America, following the failed revolution of 1775. London might as well be a world away from Sandsend, a tiny village on the Yorkshire coast. Gideon Smith dreams of the adventure promised him by the lurid tales of C
The Cyberiad
Stanislaw Lem · 295 pages
OMG I can't believe there's no description for this - but then I can because this book defies description. Stanislaw Lem is a genius and your minds will be expanded to bursting when you begin this journey into a world where machines are the dominant species. It is hugely entertaining, inventive, witty, and above all, laugh out loud funny. The book concerns two "constructors" - Trurl and Klaupaciou
Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War
Brian Clevinger
Soulless
Gail Carriger · 300 pages
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeo
Zeppelins West
Joe R. Lansdale · 170 pages
"Legends of the Old West, plus characters both real and fictional, enliven the shenanigans, commencing with Buffalo Bill Cody, a head in a jar atop a mechanical body, escorting his Wild West Show by zeppelin to Japan."--Amazon.com.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams · 215 pages
This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the original publication—with all-new art by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly af
Mothstorm
Philip Reeve
Art, his sister, and the rest of their family and friends are called once more to save the known universe. Interrupted during Christmas, the Mumbys discover a strange, unidentified black cloud that is slowly encroaching on the solar system. Victorian space-travel steampunk novel for children and young adults. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
Harry Harrison · 214 pages
Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank
Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Brian Snoddy · 96 pages
Made to Kill
Adam Christopher · 240 pages
Private investigator, hit man, and the world's last robot Raymond Electromatic is hired by a familiar-looking woman to search for a missing movie star in a glittering world of fame, fortune, and secrecy with ties to a sinister plot.
First Among Sequels
Jasper Fforde · 407 pages
Fourteen years after the 1988 SuperHoop, Thursday finds herself entangled in cases involving the murders of Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple before receiving a death threat of her own.
Ilium
Dan Simmons · 600 pages
From the author of the Hyperion Cantos -- one of the most acclaimed popular series in contemporary science fiction -- comes a powerful epic of high-tech gods, human heroes, total war, and the extraordinary transcendence of ordinary beings. The first book in a two-part epic. "I am in awe of Dan Simmons." -- Stephen King. From the towering heights of Olympos Mons on Mars, the mighty Zeus and his imm
Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic
Terry Jones · 246 pages
Infernal Devices
K.W. Jeter · 283 pages
Steampunk. Fresh and inventive, darkly humorous, and with wild characters who never take a backseat to the mechanical creations.
Goliath
Scott Westerfeld · 576 pages
The tension thickens as the Leviathan steams toward New York City with a homicidal lunatic on board: secrets suddenly unravel, characters reappear, and nothing is as it seems in this thunderous conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's brilliant trilogy.
The Buntline Special
Mike Resnick · 321 pages
In a steampunk-style alternate-history fantasy tale, America's only hope for expansion past the Mississippi River in 1881 is a mission to Tombstone, Arizona, headed by Thomas Edison, whose protectors include Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the zombie Bat Masterson.
Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon
Mark Hodder · 640 pages
Superman: True Brit
Kim Howard Johnson, John Cleese · 98 pages
Kal-El's rocket lands in England and he is brought up by parents who are afraid what the neighbours will think...
The Plutonium Blonde
John Zakour, Lawrence Ganem · 342 pages