The Mammoth Book of Steampunk

Edited by Sean Wallace. Foreword by Ekaterina Sedia.

30 anarchist mash-ups of past and future that push the boundaries of steampunk

Great steampunk stories confront an uneasy history of oppression – of women, other “races” and classes – and the abuse of science, by reimagining the past. The writers represented in this outstanding collection look to the future through the lens of the past, imagining worlds in which technology is used to uplift rather than to oppress.

Contents:

• Fixing Hanover by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Steam Dancer (1896) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• Icebreaker by Elise Tobler
• Tom Edison and His Amazing Telegraphic Harpoon by Jay Lake
• The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball by Genevieve Valentine
• Clockwork Fairies by Cat Rambo
• The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jala-ud-din Muhammed Akbar by Shweta Narayan
• Prayers of Forges and Furnaces by Aliette de Bodard
• The Effluent Engine by N.K. Jemisin
• The Clockwork Goat and the Smokestack Magi by Peter M Ball
• The Armature of Flight by Sharon Mock
• The Anachronist’s Cookbook by Catherynne M. Valente
• Numismatics in the Reigns of Naranh and Viu by Alex Dally MacFarlane
• Zeppelin City by Michael Swanwick & Eileen Gunn
• The People’s Machine by Tobias Buckell
• The Hands That Feed by Matthew Kressel
• Machine Maid by Margo Lanagan
• To Follow the Waves by Amal El-Mohtar
• Clockmaker’s Requiem by Barth Anderson
• Dr. Lash Remembers by Jeffrey Ford
• Lady Witherspoon’s Solution by James Morrow
• Reluctance by Cherie Priest
• A Serpent in the Gears by Margaret Ronald
• The Celebrated Carousel of the Margravine of Blois by Megan Arkenberg
• Biographical Notes To ‘A Discourse On The Nature Of Causality’ by Benjamin Rosenbaum by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• Clockwork Chickadee by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Cinderella Suicide by Samantha Henderson
• Arbeitskraft by Nick Mamatas
• To Seek Her Fortune by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• The Ballad of the Last Human by Lavie Tidhar