The Mammoth Book of Steampunk showcases the very best in the form of stories by Paul Di Filippo, Neil Gaiman, Cherie Priest, and many more. An anthology that looks to the future through the lens of the past, these 30 mash-ups of past and future push the boundaries of steampunk. This is steampunk with a modern, post-colonial sensibility. Contributors include: Jeff VanderMeer, Caitlín Kiernan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jay Lake, Cherie Priest, Cat Rambo, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, and many more. Contents: Steampunk : looking to the future through the lens of the past / Ekaterina Sedia—Fixing Hanover / Jeff VanderMeer—The Steam Dancer (1896) / Caitlin R. Kierman—Icebreaker / E. Catherine Tobler—Tom Edison and his amazing telegraphic harpoon / Jay Lake—The Zeppelin Conductors' Society Annual Gentlemen's Ball / Genevieve Valentine Clockwork fairies / Cat Rambo—The mechanical aviary of Emperor Jala-ud-din Muhammad Akbar / Shweta Narayan—Prayers of forges and furnaces / Aliette de Bodard—The effluent engine / N.K. Jemisin—The clockwork goat and the smokestack magi / Peter M. Ball—The armature of flight / Sharon Mock—The anachronist's cookbook / Catherynne M. Valente—Numismatics in the reigns of Naranh and Viu / Alex Dally MacFarlane—Zeppelin City / Eileen Gunn & Michael Swanwick—The people's machine / Tobias S. Buckell—The hands that feed / Matthew Kressel—Machine maid / Margo Lanagan—To follow the waves / Amal El-Mohtar—Clockmaker's requiem / Barth Anderson—Dr Lash remembers / Jeffrey Ford—Lady Witherspoon's solution / James Morrow—Reluctance / Cherie Priest—A serpent in the gears / Margaret Ronald—The celebrated carousel of the Margravine of Blois / Megan Arkenberg—Biographical notes to ''A discourse on the nature of causality, with air-planes'' by Benjamin Rosenbaum / Benjamin Rosenbaum—Clockwork chickadee / Mary Robinette Kowal—Cinderella suicide / Samantha Henderson—Arbeitskraft / Nick Mamatas—To seek her fortune / Nicole Kornher-Stace—The ballad of the last human / Lavie Tidhar.
Authors
NYT bestselling writer Jeff VanderMeer has been called “the weird Thoreau” by the New Yorker for his engagement with ecological issues. His most recent novel, the national bestseller Borne, received wide-spread critical acclaim and his prior novels include the Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance). Annihilation won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards, has been translated into 35 languages, and was made into a film from Paramount Pictures directed by Alex Garland. His nonfiction has appeared in New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic, Slate, Salon, and the Washington Post. He has coedited several iconic anthologies with his wife, the Hugo Award winning editor. Other titles include Wonderbook, the world’s first fully illustrated creative writing guide. VanderMeer served as the 2016-2017 Trias Writer in Residence at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He has spoken at the Guggenheim, the Library of Congress, and the Arthur C. Clarke Center for the Human Imagination. VanderMeer was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but spent much of his childhood in the Fiji Islands, where his parents worked for the Peace Corps. This experience, and the resulting trip back to the United States through Asia, Africa, and Europe, deeply influenced him. Jeff is married to Ann VanderMeer, who is currently an acquiring editor at Tor.com and has won the Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award for her editing of magazines and anthologies. They live in Tallahassee, Florida, with two cats and thousands of books.
