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You’ll be astonished by what you’ll find in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities. Editors Ann and Jeff Vandermeer have gathered together a spectacular array of exhibits, oddities, images, and stories by some of the most renowned and bestselling writers and artists in speculative and graphic fiction, including Ted Chiang, Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy), China Miéville, and Michael Moorcock. A spectacularly illustrated anthology of Victorian steampunk devices and the stories behind them, The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities is a boldly original, enthrallingly imaginative, and endlessly entertaining entry into a hidden world of weird science and unnatural nature that will appeal equally to fantasy lovers and graphic novel aficionados.

Contents:

• The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities [2] - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Just One Shelf in Lambshead's Study - interior artwork by Jennifer Potter and J. K. Potter
• Introduction: The Contradictions of a Collection: Dr. Lambshead's Cabinet - short story by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
• Travailleurs de lacier - interior artwork by Sam Van Olffen
• Dissecator - interior artwork by Sam Van Olffen
• Family Portrait - interior artwork by Myrtle Von Damitz, III
• Mecha-Rhino - interior artwork by Vladimir Gvozdev
• Contructing an Elysian Pod for the Last Journey - interior artwork by Kristen Alvanson
• Cryptozoology Print - interior artwork by Jan Svankmajer
• Bassington & Smith Wlectro-Mechanical Brain - interior artwork by Jake Von Slatt
• More Evidence of the Disarray ... - interior artwork by J. K. Potter
• Mecha-Fish - interior artwork by Vladimir Gvozdev
• Mecha-Frog - interior artwork by Vladimir Gvozdev
• Holy Devices and Infernal Duds: The Broadmore Exhibits - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• The Broadmore Exhibits - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Electric Neurheographiton - short story by Minister Faust
• Electrical Neurheographiton - interior artwork by Greg Broadmore
• St. Brendan's Shank - short story by Kelly Barnhill
• St. Brendan's Shank - interior artwork by Greg Broadmore
• The Auble Gun - short story by Will Hindmarch
• The Auble Gun - interior artwork by Greg Broadmore
• Cours Lapin, Cours! - interior artwork by Sam Van Olffen
• Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny - short story by Ted Chiang
• Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny - interior artwork by Greg Broadmore
• Honoring Lambshead: Stories Inspired by the Cabinet - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Stories Inspired by the Cabinet - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• Threads - short story by Carrie Vaughn
• Medieval Tapestry - interior artwork by James A. Owen
• Ambrose and the Ancient Spirits of East and West - novelette by Garth Nix
• Tree Spirits Rising - interior artwork by Jonathan Nix
• Relic with Fish - interior artwork by Ivica Stevanovic
• Relic - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• Lord Dunsany's Teapot - short story by Naomi Novik
• Lord Dunsany's Teapot - interior artwork by Yishan Li
• Lot 558: Shadow of My Nephew by Wells, Charlotte - short story by Holly Black
• Portrait of a Bear Unbound (with Speaker) - interior artwork by Eric Orchard
• A Short History of Dunkelblau's Meistergarten - short story by Tad Williams
• The Meistergarten - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Microbial Alchemy & Demented Machinery: The Mignola Exhibits - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• The Mignola Exhibits - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• Addison Howell and the Clockroach - short story by Cherie Priest
• Addison Howell on His Clockroach - interior artwork by Mike Mignola
• Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham, GBE, a.k.a. Roboticus the All-Knowing - short story by Lev Grossman
• Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham - interior artwork by Mike Mignola
• Shamalung (The Diminutions) - short story by Michael Moorcock
• Shamalung - interior artwork by Mike Mignola
• Pulvadmonitor: The Dust's Warning - short story by China Miéville
• Pulvadmonitor - interior artwork by Mike Mignola
• The Miéville Anomalies - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• The Miéville Anomalies - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Very Shoe - short story by Helen Oyeyemi
• The Very Shoe - interior artwork by China Miéville
• The Gallows-horse - short story by Reza Negarestani
• Gallows-horse - interior artwork by China Miéville
• Further Oddities - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Further Oddities - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Thing in the Jar - short story by Michael Cisco
• Thing in Jar - interior artwork by Aeron Alfrey
• The Singing Fish - short story by Amal El-Mohtar
• The Singing Fish - interior artwork by Edith Abendroth
• Frog Resurrection - interior artwork by Ron Pippin
• The Armor of Sir Locust - short story by Stepan Chapman
• Armor Montage - interior artwork by Ivica Stevanovic
• A Key to the Castleblakeney Key - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Castleblakeney Key - interior artwork by Aeron Alfrey
• Taking the Rats to Riga: A Critical Examination of Stigmata's Print - short story by Jay Lake
• Taking the Rats to Riga - interior artwork by Eric Schaller
• The Book of Categories - short story by Charles Yu
• The Book of Categories - interior artwork by Ron Pippin
• Objects Discovered in a Novel Under Construction - short story by Alan Moore
• The Dead Dead Gang Book Cover - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Visits and Departures - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Visits - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• 1929: The Singular Taffy Puller - short story by N. K. Jemisin
• 1929: The Singular Taffy Puller - interior artwork by uncredited
• 1943: A Brief Note Pertaining to the Absence of One Olivaceous Cormorant, Stuffed - short story by Rachel Swirsky

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Contents Continued:

• 1943: A Brief Note Pertaining to the Absence of One Olivaceous Cormorant, Stuffed - interior artwork by uncredited
• 1963: The Argument Against Louis Pasteur - short story by Mur Lafferty
• Louis Pasteur, 1822-95 - interior artwork by uncredited
• 1972: The Lichenologist's Visit - short story by Ekaterina Sedia
• Lichen or Lambshead's New Fingerprint? - interior artwork by uncredited
• 1995: Kneel - short story by Brian Evenson
• Kneel - interior artwork by Scott Eagle
• Kneel (detail view) - interior artwork by Scott Eagle
• 2000: Dr. Lambshead's Dark Room - short story by S. J. Chambers
• 2000: Dr. Lambshead's Dark Room - interior artwork by uncredited
• 2003: The Pea - short story by Gio Clairval
• The Pea of Record on a Cushion - interior artwork by uncredited
• A Brief Catalog of Additional Items - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• A Brief Catalog of Other Items - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Bear Gun - short story by Adam Mills
• Bullet Menagerie - short story by Nick Tramdack
• Coffin Torpedo - short story by Jess Gulbranson
• Coffin Torpedo - interior artwork by Jess Gulbranson
• Bear Gun/Taxidermy Gun - interior artwork by Eric Orchard
• Czerwatenko Whelk in Olive Oil - short story by Therese Littleton
• Dander of Melville, The - short story by Brian Thill
• Decanter of Everlasting Sadness, The - short story by William T. Vandemark
• Dinner Bell of the Mary Celeste, The - short story by Jen Harwood-Smith
• Dracula's Testicles - short story by Horia Ursu
• Ear Eye - short story by Graham Lowther
• Fort Chaffee Polyhedral Deck, The - short story by Nickolas Brienza
• Fort Chaffee Polyhedral Deck, The - interior artwork by uncredited
• Harness & Leash for Fly - short story by Claire Massey
• Human Skeleton, Irregular - short story by Kali Wallace
• Ichor Whorl - short story by Ben Woodard
• Jug, Disgruntled, et al. - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• Disgruntled Artifacts - interior artwork by Rikki Ducornet
• Kepler the Clock - short story by Grant Stone
• Kris ("The Assassin's Twist") - short story by Reza Negarestani [as by Incognitum]
• Kris ("The Assassin's Twist") - interior artwork by uncredited
• Leary's Pineal Body - short story by Kaolin Fire
• Mellified Alien - short story by Julie Andrews
• Mooney & Finch Somnotrope - short story by Charlie Jane Anders
• Mother of Spirits - short story by Jayme Lynn Blaschke
• Much Smaller Cabinet - short story by Paul Kirsch
• Much Smaller Cabinet - interior artwork by Ron Pippin
• Night Quilt, American - short story by Tom Underberg
• Chronoclasmic Inhibitor - interior artwork by Jake Von Slatt
• Oneyroscope - short story by Ignacio Sanz
• Our Greatest President, Reel 3 - short story by Tucker Cummings
• Reversed Commas (box of) - short story by Rhys Hughes
• Sea Scroll, The - short story by Hugh Alter
• Silence, One Ounce - short story by Willow Holser
• Skull - short story by Amy Willats
• Skull - interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Skull, Parsimonious - short story by Tracie Welser
• South American Insult Stone - short story by Nicholas Troy
• St. Blaise's Toad - short story by Norman Taber [as by Dr. Galabrious]
• The St. Blais Toad - interior artwork by Norman Taber [as by Norman Tabor]
• Tomb-Matches - short story by Nadine Wilson
• Tycho's Astronomical Support Garment - short story by Steven M. Schmidt
• Unhcegila's Scales - short story by Christopher Begley
• Untitled Booklet - short story by Tony Mileman
• Jean Lorrain's Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker - interior artwork by R. B. Russell (2002)
• Von Slatt Harmonization Device - short story by Annalee Newitz
• Wax Phonograph Cylinder, Unlabeled - short story by Michael J. Larson
• The Obsolete Gallery - interior artwork by Bruce Ecker
• Artist and Author Notes - essay

Copyright © 2011 by Ann VanderMeer

Copyright © 2011 by Jeff VanderMeer

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