Steampunk prime
Discover original steampunk tales in this anthology of stories written before there were actual rocketships, atomic power, digital computers, or readily available electricity. The modern day steampunk genre is a reinventing of the past through the eyes of its inventors and adventures, but this collection is from real Victorians and Edwardians who saw the future potential of science and its daring possibilities. Steam-powered automobiles, submarines, and robots are featured alongside great airsh…
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- Full title :Steampunk prime / Mike Ashley.
Summary
Discover original steampunk tales in this anthology of stories written before there were actual rocketships, atomic power, digital computers, or readily available electricity. The modern day steampunk genre is a reinventing of the past through the eyes of its inventors and adventures, but this collection is from real Victorians and Edwardians who saw the future potential of science and its daring possibilities. Steam-powered automobiles, submarines, and robots are featured alongside great airships and spaceships in these bold and creative stories of hope, triumph, and disaster.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):NonStop Press
- Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781933065199, 1933065192
- oclc:ocn908135282
- LC Classification:PR1309.S75
- Dewey Decimal:823.087620808
Table of Contents
Mr. Broadbent's information / Henry A. Hering -- The automaton / Reginald Bacchus & Ranger Gull -- The abduction of Alexandra Seine / Fred C. Smale -- The Gibraltar tunnel / Jean Jaubert -- From Pole to Pole / George Griffith -- In the deep of time / George Parsons Lathrop -- The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings / L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace -- The plague of lights / Owen Oliver -- What the rats brought / Ernest Favenc -- The great catastrophe / George Davey -- Within an ace of the end of the world / Robert Barr -- An interplanetary rupture / Frank L. Packard -- The last days of Earth / George C. Wallis -- The plunge / George Allan England.
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