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Steampunk -- a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture -- is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more.

The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock Holmes. Its adherents celebrate the inventor as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies including antiquated airships and robots. A burgeoning DIY community has brought a distinctive Victorian-fantasy style to their crafts and art. Steampunk evokes a sense of adventure and discovery, and embraces extinct technologies as a way of talking about the future.

This ultimate manual will appeal to aficionados and novices alike on a wild ride through the clockwork corridors of Steampunk history.

The stories in this all-original anthology explore alternate timelines and have been set all over the world, running the gamut from science fiction to mystery to horror to a melding of these genres.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction (Steampunk'd) - essay by Jean Rabe
• 3 - Chance Corrigan and the Tick-tock King of the Nile - [Chance Corrigan] - novelette by Michael A. Stackpole
• 29 - Foggy Goggles - short story by Donald J. Bingle
• 44 - The Battle of Cumberland Gap - novelette by William C. Dietz
• 65 - Portrait of a Lady in a Monocle - short story by Jody Lynn Nye
• 85 - Foretold - novelette by Bradley P. Beaulieu
• 114 - The Echoer - short story by Dean Leggett
• 127 - Of A Feather - novelette by Stephen D. Sullivan
• 158 - Scourge of the Spoils - novelette by Matthew P. Mayo
• 179 - Edison Kinetic Light & Steam Power - short story by C. A. Verstraete
• 193 - The Nubian Queen - novelette by Paul Genesse
• 224 - Opals from Sydney - novelette by Mary Louise Eklund
• 246 - The Whisperer - novelette by Marc Tassin
• 262 - Imperial Changeling - novelette by Penny Williams and Skip Williams
• 292 - The Transmogrification Ray - short story by Robert E. Vardeman

Contents:

• What is Steampunk? - essay by Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer
• The Gernsback Continuum - (1981) - shortstory by William Gibson
• Great Breakthroughs in Darkness (Being, Early Entries from 'The Secret Encyclopaedia of Photography') - (1992) - shortstory by Marc Laidlaw
• Dr. Lash Remembers - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• The Unblinking Eye - (2009) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• The Steam Dancer (1896) - (2008) - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Cast-Iron Kid - shortfiction by Andrew Knighton
• Machine Maid - (2008) - novelette by Margo Lanagan
• The Unbecoming of Virgil Smythe - shortfiction by Ramsey Shehadeh
• The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar - (2010) - shortfiction by Shweta Narayan
• O One - (2003) - shortstory by Chris Roberson
• Wild Copper - (2006) - shortfiction by Samantha Henderson
• The Bold Explorer in the Place Beyond - (2010) - shortstory by David Erik Nelson
• Lost Pages from the Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana - shortfiction by Jess Nevins
• Tanglefoot (A Story of the Clockwork Century) - (2008) - novelette by Cherie Priest
• A Serpent in the Gears - (2010) - shortstory by Margaret Ronald
• The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday - (2009) - novelette by G. D. Falksen
• The Persecution Machine - (1994) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Balfour and Meriwether in the Adventure of the Emperor's Vengeance - (2009) - novelette by Daniel Abraham
• As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers - (2010) - shortstory by James L. Grant and Lisa Mantchev
• Flying Fish Prometheus (A Fantasy of the Future) - shortfiction by Vilhelm Bergsøe (trans. of Erindringen fra en Reise med Flyvefisken "Prometheus" 1870)
• The Anachronist's Cookbook - shortfiction by Catherynne M. Valente
• Lovelace & Babbage: Origins, with Salamander - shortfiction by Sydney Padua
• A Secret History of Steampunk - shortfiction by The Mecha-Ostrich
• Which is Mightier, the Pen or the Parasol? - essay by Gail Carriger
• At the Intersection of Technology and Romance - essay by Jake Von Slatt
• The Future of Steampunk: A Roundtable Interview - essay by various

Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Ann VanderMeer
• Harry and Marlowe and the Talisman of the Cult of Egil - (2012) - shortstory by Carrie Vaughn
• Addison Howell and the Clockroach - (2011) - shortstory by Cherie Priest
• On Wooden Wings - (2011) - shortstory by Paolo Chikiamco
• Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham, GBE, a.k.a. Roboticus the All-Knowing - (2011) - shortstory by Lev Grossman
• The Heart Is the Matter - shortfiction by Malissa Kent
• Mother Is a Machine - (2005) - shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
• Possession - (2007) - shortfiction by Ben Peek
• Beatrice - (2012) - shortfiction by Karin Tidbeck (trans. of Beatrice 2010)
• Arbeitskraft - (2012) - novelette by Nick Mamatas
• Study, for Solo Piano - (2011) - shortstory by Genevieve Valentine
• Beside Calais - (2012) - shortstory by Samantha Henderson
• An Exhortation to Young Writers (Advice Tendered by Poor Mojo's Giant Squid) - shortfiction by David Erik Nelson and Morgan Johnson and Fritz Swanson
• A Handful of Rice - shortfiction by Vandana Singh
• Fixing Hanover - (2008) - novelette by Jeff VanderMeer
• Salvage - (2011) - shortstory by Margaret Ronald
• Urban Drift - (2010) - shortfiction by Andrew Knighton
• Ascension - (2012) - shortfiction by Leow Hui Min Annabeth
• Nowhere Fast - (2011) - novelette by Christopher Rowe
• The Effluent Engine - (2011) - shortfiction by N. K. Jemisin
• To Follow the Waves - (2011) - shortfiction by Amal El-Mohtar
• Captain Bells and the Sovereign State of Discordia - shortfiction by June Yang
• The Seventh Expression of the Robot General - (2008) - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• The Stoker Memorandum - (2012) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• Smoke City - (2011) - shortstory by Christopher Barzak
• Goggles (c.1910) - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Peace in Our Time - (2011) - shortstory by Garth Nix
• White Fungus - (2009) - shortfiction by Bruce Sterling
• Winding Down the House: Towards a Steampunk Without Steam - essay by Amal El-Mohtar
• Steampunk Shapes Our Future - essay by Margaret Killjoy
• From Airships of Imagination to Feet on the Ground - essay by Jaymee Goh
• The (R)Evolution of Steampunk - essay by Austin Sirkin