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Jeff and Ann VanderMeer have
announced the line-up for Steampunk Reloaded. With a zeppelin-load of original fiction, nonfiction, and art, this companion to our bestseller
Steampunk will be a must-have for all Steampunk fans.
STEAMPUNK RELOADED: Steampunk 2
Edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
Interior design by John Coulthart, the genius behind The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, et al.
This lavishly illustrated anthology edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer builds on the strengths of the World Fantasy Award nominated first volume, presenting 155,000 words of rich and varied Steampunk stories, nonfiction, and art that plays off the idea of Steampunk not just in the context of dirigibles and other antiquated technology but also as connected to the maker movement and other aspects of the Steampunk subculture that have begun to infiltrate the literature. It includes the William Gibson story that inspired the Steampunk offshoot of "Raygun Gothic."
Original Art by:
Winona Cookie
John Coulthart
Eric Orchard
Ivica Stevanovic
Original nonfiction by:
Gail Carriger, author of Soulless (fashion and fiction)
Jake Von Slatt of the Steampunk Workshop (maker movement)
Mike Perschon, the Steampunk Scholar (the future)
Original fiction by:
Ramsey Shehadeh, "The Unbecoming of Virgil Smythe" – A fast-paced, riveting tale of time slips and the perils of colonialism, featuring the enigmatic Dromedons, rebellion, and a very strange train ride.
Vilhelm Bergsoe, "Flying Fish (Prometheus)", translated by Dwight R. Decker – A novelette from 1869 previously unpublished in English, by a Danish writer. This progressive tale of the dirigible Flying Fish, written in the form of a letter from the future to the past, will dazzle you with its Steampunk stylings and its prescient knowledge of a genre that would not be named for more than another century!
"A Secret History of Steampunk" featuring further originals by:
Ekaterina Sedia, "Two Short Excerpts from the Russian Book of the Improbable" – Eclipses and lunar seas collide with robots and airships in these delightful Russian clockwork concoctions presented in their original context as pages from the heretical (and possibly theoretical) Russian Book of the Improbable.
Jeffrey Ford, "Dr. Lash Remembers" – A harrowing tale of Steampunk disease that will make you think twice about jumping into an airship. It was recently discovered by Dr. Ford in a trunk whilst cleaning out his attic, and most probably penned by one of his forebears. Its original context as an extended fold-out broadsheet from the 1800s will be represented by facsimile.
Matthew Cheney, "Confessions and Complaints of a True Man" – Incontrovertible evidence of Steampunk invention in the time of the American transcendentalists, including mechanized elephants.
As well as contributions by Fabio Fernandes, Brian Stableford, Jess Nevins, and the Steampunk heretic known only as "The Mecha-Ostrich."
Amazing Reprint Stories Culled from Broadsheets Far and Wide:
Daniel Abraham, "Balfour and Meriwether in the Adventure of the Emperor’s Vengeance"
Stephen Baxter, "The Unblinking Eye"
Winona Cookie, "The Unlikely Career of Portia Dreadnought," "Artemesia's Absinthe," and "Obadiah Theremin, MD"
G.D. Falksen, "The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday"
William Gibson, "The Gernsback Continuum"
Samantha Henderson, "Wild Copper"
Caitlín R. Kiernan "The Steam Dancer (1896)"
Andrew Knighton, "The Cast-Iron Kid"
Marc Laidlaw, "Great Breakthroughs in Darkness"
Margo Lanagan, "Machine Maid"
Lisa Mantchev & James Grant, "As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers"
Shweta Narayan, "The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar"
David Erik Nelson, "The Bold Explorer in the Place Beyond"
Cherie Priest, "Tanglefoot"
Chris Roberson, "O One"
Margaret Ronald, "A Serpent in the Gears"
Catherynne M. Valente, "The Anachronist’s Cookbook"
Our own Terry Bisson, author of Greetings and Numbers Don’t Lie, has been busy. In addition to moderating the monthly SF in SF reading series, he is now editing Outspoken Authors, a line of elegant, edgy, political fiction for PM Press. The series has a great lineup, including The Lucky Strike by Kim Stanley Robinson, the forthcoming Mammoths of the Great Plains by Eleanor Arnason, and Terry’s own The Left Left Behind. Lucky Strike is Kim Stanley Robinson’s classic alternate-world story of the Enola Gay bombing. As with all PM reprint volumes, it comes with the author's new introduction and an interview. Eleanor Arnason and Terry Bisson have contributed original works. The Mammoths of the Great Plains involves genetic engineering, the American Indian Movement, and, you guessed it, mammoths. The Left Left Behind features Terry’s satiric take on the popular Christian movement/publishing phenomenon. 
