Category: Steampunk
The Windup Girl — Paolo Bacigalupi
This book is awful.
Well, at least the first 12% of it was. It was so awful that i really just couldn’t be bothered to wade through any more of the trudging, depressing, miserable writing. I feel i gave it a fair go because if a writer can’t sort his mess out in the first 12% of a book then the book can be deleted as far as i’m concerned.
All we get are depressing characters that you really have no inclination for any level of empathy towards, you just wish they’d all go away and someone interesting turn up, but no one does. Just miserable, depressing people who drink alcohol and smoke and live in a kind of steampunk dystopia which hasn’t been explained as to how all this mess came about. In fact, it all just feels totally messy, disjointed and made up by someone who really hasn’t made any attempt at understanding whatever genre this is supposed to be.
So, at the end of 12%, NO THANK YOU!
Paolo’s Page
#paolobacigalupi #whataloadofcrap
A Master of Djinn — P. Djèlí Clark
The fourth book in the Dead Djinn Universe and carrying straight on from where The Haunting of Tram Car 015 left off, with all our favourite characters involved, this really is some great writing.
This trilogy has been my first taste of Djèlí’s writing and i’m very impressed. His imagination is excellent and his ability to put that imagination into words for all us avid readers is simply marvellous. I’m certainly going to be reading more of his work in the future: i’m hooked.
All in all, a wonderful blend of steampunk, fantasy and folklore all thrown into an alternative history in Cairo with lots of shenanigans mixed will in. And it’s great to have main protagonists who are strong women, from different religions, who also happen to be in a same sex relationship.
P. Djèlí Clark’s Page
#fantasy #steampunk #lgbtq #pdjeliclark
A Dead Djinn in Cairo — P. Djèlí Clark
The first book in the Dead Djinn Universe, and what a good start it was. While it’s only a short story, 36 pages, it’s a very good short story and is packed with great hints as to what the rest of the series is going to be like in this alternative fantasy/steampunk Cairo.
The title gives the beginning away in that a Dead Djinn is found in Cairo by its lover. A special investigator from the “Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities” is brought in with a police inspector to investigate and then it’s just non stop until the end.
Then once you’re at the end of this i can’t imagine that any reader wouldn’t want to dive straight into The Angel of Khan el-Khalili, which is the next book in the series.
Great writing, great characters and just plain good stuff for those who like their fantasy mixed up with steampunk elements.
P. Djèlí Clark’s Page
#fantasy #steampunk #pdjeliclark
Carrick House — Shelley Adina
Michael McGillicuddy and the Most Amazing Race — Trevor A. Dutcher
The Knack of Flying — Shelley Adina
Available in Shapers of Worlds — Anthology
Vision Quest — Edward Willett – 2020
Call to Arms — Tanya Huff – 2020
The Tale of the Wicked — John Scalzi – 2009
The Farships Fall to Nowhere — John C. Wright – 2020
Evanescence — L.E. Modesitt,Jr. – 2020
Peel — Julie E. Czerneda – 2004
The Knack of Flying – 2020 — Shelley Adina
Ghost Colours — Derek Kunsken – 2015
One Million Lira — Thoraiya Dyer – 2014
Pod Dreams of Tuckertown – 2007 — Gareth L. Powell
In Silent Streams, Where Once the Summer Shone – 2020 — Seanan McGuire/a>
Welcome to the Legion of Six — Fonda Lee – 2019
Good Intentions — Christopher Ruocchio – 2020
“Shhhh…” – 1988 — David Brin
The Greatest of These Is Hope — D.J. Butler – 2020
A Thing of Beauty — Dr. Charles E. Gannon – 2011
Home Is Where the Heart Is — David Weber – 2020
Tricentennial – 1977 — Joe Haldeman
