This is a reissue of the first major YA steampunk anthology; fourteen top storytellers push the genres mix of sci-fi fantasy history & adventure in fascinating new directions. Imagine an alternate universe where romance & technology reign. Where tinkerers & dreamers craft & re-craft a world of automatons clockworks calculating machines & other marvels that never were. Here fourteen masters of speculative fiction including two graphic storytellers embrace the steampunk genres established themes & refashion them in surprising ways & settings as diverse as Appalachia Ancient Rome future Australia & alternate California. The result is an anthology that defies its genre even as it defines it. This is the first YA anthology to focus exclusively on steampunk; genre defining & genre defying
- with steampunk settings as diverse as Canada New Zealand Wales Ancient Rome future Australia & alternate California. This title features a top contributor line-up & editors with established adult/YA/cult following. This title
Includes:: a B-format edition of this first-rate literary sci-fi/fantasy with crossover appeal.