Review: The Native Star by M. K. Hobson

The Native Star M. K. Hobson Spectra, 2010 As I’ve said in the past I’m a bit of a sucker for tales of the “weird west.” So it shouldn’t much of a surprise to note that I picked up and listened to the audiobook version of M. K. Hobson’s The Native Star. Set in Reconstruction [...]

Review: Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

Behemoth Scott Westerfeld Simon Pulse, 2010 Though its been a little over a year since I read Leviathan I was still pretty excited to get by hands on Scott Westefeld’s Behemoth. Before I even describe the novel I need to take a moment to say that whoever was in charge of cover art for this [...]

Review: Dreadnought by Cherie Priest

Dreadnought Cherie Priest (twitter) Tor, 2010 Dreadnought by Cherie Priest is a breakneck action filled steampunk title that grabs hold and never lets go. Vinita “Mercy” Lynch is a nurse at the Confederate hospital in Robertson, Virginia. When news of her husband’s death (a Union soldier) arrives it is followed quickly by news of her [...]

Review: Clementine by Cherie Priest

Clementine Cherie Priest Audible Frontiers, 2011 I missed out on Clementine’s initial release via Subterranean Press but discovered last week that Audible released an audio version via their Audible Frontiers SFF imprint.  Clementine is a novella set in the Clockwork Century universe and centers on two main characters: Captain Croggon Beauregard Heaney (first met in [...]

Review: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

Boneshaker Cherie Priest Tor, 2009 My love for Ms. Priest’s work has been professed before so this review is hardly unbiased.  Indeed, Boneshaker is certainly one of the catalysts that sent me on brief dip into the steampunk pool.  It is also the only steampunk novel I read this month that was set in America. [...]

Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger

Soulless Gail Carriger Orbit, 2009 (Forthcoming September 29, 2009) Soulless is a supernatural steampunk romance from debut author Gail Carriger.  Soulless owes a lot to Jane Austen and, as far as I can tell (having only read the zombie infused remix), Pride and Prejudice in particular.  The novel follows a one Alexia Tarabotti who, as her [...]

Review: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Leviathan Scott Westerfeld with art by Keith Thompson Forthcoming Simon Pulse, 2009 (October 6) In my continuing exploration of several Steampunk titles this month my signed ARC from BEA of Westerfeld’s Leviathan marks my first and only foray into a YA steampunk title.  Which is regrettable since Leviathan is an exciting novel full of imagination, [...]

Review: Whitechapel Gods by S. M. Peters

Whitechapel Gods S. M. Peters Roc, 2008 Whitechapel Gods marks my first foray into the steampunk genre during my steampunk extravaganza this month.  It is perhaps a bit of an odd book for a first choice since it is entirely lacking in airships and heavier on horror then adventure but it is rife with clockwork [...]