An outrageous trio of novellas that twist the Victorian era out of
shape, by a master of alternate history: “Spooky, haunting,
hilarious” (William Gibson). Welcome to the world of steampunk, a
nineteenth century outrageously reconfigured through weird science.
With his magnificent trilogy, acclaimed author Paul Di Filippo
demonstrates how this unique subgenre of science fiction is done to
perfection—reinventing a mannered age of corsets and industrial
revolution with odd technologies born of a truly twisted
imagination. In “Victoria,” the inexplicable disappearance of
the British monarch-to-be prompts a scientist to place a
human-lizard hybrid clone on the throne during the search for the
missing royal. But the doppelgänger queen comes with a most
troubling flaw: an insatiable sexual appetite. The somewhat
Lovecraftian “Hottentots” chronicles the very unusual adventure
of Swiss naturalist and confirmed bigot Louis Agassiz as his
determined search for a rather grisly fetish plunges him into a
world of black magic and monsters. Finally, in “Walt and
Emily,” the hitherto secret and quite steamy love affair between
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman is revealed in all its sensuous
glory—as are their subsequent interdimensional travels aboard a
singular ship that transcends the boundaries of time and reality.
Ingenious, hilarious, ribald, and utterly remarkable, Di
Filippo’s The Steampunk Trilogy is a one-of-a-kind
literary journey to destinations at once strangely familiar and
profoundly strange.
General
| Imprint: |
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2014 |
| Firstpublished: |
July 2014 |
| Authors: |
Paul Di Filippo
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| Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
396 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4976-2658-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4976-2658-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781497626584 |
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