Sunday, August 24, 2014

Sicence Fiction Genre "Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories" by Kelly Link and Gavin


Link, Kelly, and Gavin J. Grant. Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2011. Print; ISBN 978-0-7636-4843-5; Hardcopy Price $22.99.


Annotation
Collected and edited by fantasy and science fiction writer Kelly Link and editor Galvin J Grant, these tales are the representatives of the steampunk genre which showcases its fantastic, strange, and surreal properties.  

Awards
  • The novelette “Summer People” by Kelly Link has won the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award.

Book Talk #1
Time traveling watches, automatons, ghosts, thieves, murder, mystery, romance, and a talking chimpanzee. There is no limit to the imagination with the steampunk genre. Read more about these subjects an plenty more in this collection of short stories dedicated to Steampunk

 Book Talk #2
What is steampunk? Is it a Victorian fashion sense? Is it robots and steam machines? Steampunk is a genre all its own. This Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories will entertain and entice you to get a better look at the genre. Read the many ideas that may be associated with steampunk, from time traveling watches, to super genius Chimpanzees. From all points of science and fantasy, steampunk is not just a genre, fashion sense, or anything associated with it. So then, what is Steampunk? Can you come up with your own definition?


Kelly Link interview

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