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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorSteampunk
Joe R. Lansdale, Molly Brown, Ted Chiang, Paul Di Filippo, Rachel E. Pollock, Stepan Chapman, Neal Stephenson, Jess Nevins, Rick Klaw, Bill Baker, Michael Moorcock, Mary Gentle, Jay Lake, Michael Chabon, Ian R. MacLeod, James P. Blaylock · 386 pages
Replete with whimsical mechanical wonders and charmingly anachronistic settings, this pioneering anthology gathers a brilliant blend of fantastical stories. Steampunk originates in the romantic elegance of the Victorian era and blends in modern scientific advances—synthesizing imaginative technologies such as steam-driven robots, analog supercomputers, and ultramodern dirigibles. The elegant all
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
Jeff VanderMeer, Caitlin R. Kiernan · 498 pages
Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Shawn Cheng, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Dylan Horrocks, Kathleen Jennings, Elizabeth Knox, Garth Nix, Delia Sherman, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Christopher Rowe · 420 pages
A collection of fourteen fantasy stories by well-known authors, set in the age of steam engines and featuring automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never existed.
Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West
Joe R. Lansdale, Hugh Howey, Rajan Khanna, Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Bear, Ben H. Winters, David Farland, Mike Resnick, Seanan McGuire, Charles Yu, Alan Dean Foster, Beth Revis, Alastair Reynolds, Tad Williams, Jonathan Maberry, Kelley Armstrong, Tobias S. Buckell, Jeffrey Ford, Ken Liu, Laura Ann · 436 pages
The weird, wild west--an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time travelers, and steampunk! Twenty-three of science fiction and fantasy's hottest and most popular authors create all-new tales, written exclusively for this anthology. Aliens and monsters, magic and science are introduced to the old west, with explosive results.
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling · 350 pages
""Gaslamp Fantasy," or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels, including Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, and The Prestige by Christopher Priest, owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, t
Imprudence
Gail Carriger · 352 pages
Rue and the Spotted Custard shake the foundations of England's scientific community with revelations from their trip to India, a situation that is complicated by supernatural restlessness and her own family's growing fears.
Ghosts by Gaslight
Peter S. Beagle, Terry Dowling, Garth Nix, Gene Wolfe, Margo Lanagan, Sean Williams, Robert Silverberg, John Harwood, Richard Harland, Marly Youmans, Theodora Goss, Lucius Shepard, Laird Barron, Paul Park, Jeffrey Ford, James K. Morrow, John Langan · 389 pages
A collection of steampunk and supernatural tales that breathes new life into the Victorian and Edwardian ghost story for a new generation of readers.
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories
Ian Watson, Ian Whates · 591 pages
Aces High
George R.R. Martin · 399 pages
"After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story. Here in book two, we trace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s, in stories from SF and fantasy giants such as George R. R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams
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.
Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon
Mark Hodder · 640 pages
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century
Martin H. Greenberg · 415 pages
Explore fascinating, often chilling "what if" accounts of the world that could have existed--and still might yet . . .Science fiction's most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you'll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including:- "The Lucky Strike": When The Lucky Strike is chosen over
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 Lazarus Machine
Paul Crilley
In an alternate 1899 London, seventeen-year-old Sebastian Tweed searches for his kidnapped father, uncovering both a horrific technological secret and a political conspiracy that could destroy the British Empire.
The Inexplicables
Cherie Priest · 466 pages
In this fifth installment in the Clockwork Century steampunk adventure series, Rector "Wreck 'em" Sherman, a drug dealer haunted by the ghost of a kid he used to know, sneaks over the wall into the wasteland of Seattle where he makes a shocking discovery that changes everything.
Aurorarama
Jean-Christophe Valtat · 429 pages
In the defense of steampunk comes a literary adventure unlike anything you've read before. 1908, New Venice: An ominous black airship hovers in the sky, and the city is hunting for the author of a radical pamphlet calling for revolt. The lead suspect is Brentford Orsini, one of the city's most prominent figures. As the net around him tightens, Orsini receives a mysterious message from a long-lost
The Difference Engine
William Gibson, Bruce Sterling · 383 pages
1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. And three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with history - and the future: Sybil Gerard - dishonored woman and daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward "Leviathan" Mallory
Elementary: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters
Samuel Conway, Jennifer Brozek, Tanya Huff, Ben Ohlander, Michele Lang, Jody Lynn Nye, Stephanie Shaver, Rosemary Edghill, Rebecca Fox, Ron Collins, Gail Sanders, Diana L. Paxson, Michael Z. Williamson, Kristin Schwengel, Fiona Patton, Elizabeth A. Vaughan, Dayle A. Dermatis, Louisa Swann, Elisabeth · 314 pages
A second anthology of new stories set in the universe of Lackey's Elemental Masters alternate-reality Edwardian London features magically gifted individuals whose stories are loosely based on classic fairy tales and includes contributions by leading genre authors.