Reanimus Press, 2013
Sean’s steampunk collection, leading with his Hugo Award nominee, Eight Miles.
Also included are the British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, Voice of Steel; Analog readers poll winners Tower of Wings and Ninety Thousand Horses; the Sidewise Award nominee Steamgothic; Sean’s first professional story (and readers poll winner) The Pharoah’s Airship
“If steampunk is romantic, then steampunk with working engines is seriously seductive … A mix of steampunk that could actually work, unforgettable characters, and awe-inspiring worlds, McMullen’s stories will entertain, sleight and inspire”
Featuring
Featuring
- Eight Miles: Hugo Award nominee; republished David Hartwell’s Year’s Best SF 18 and Alan Kastner’s The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction.
- The Art of the Dragon: From the very first sentence, the reader is likely to be hooked: “I was there when the dragon first appeared — and ate the Eiffel Tower.” …. one of my favorite stories from the current Aug/Sept 2009 issue of F&SF – Kevin Barnes
- Steamgothic: republished in Gardner Dozois’s Years Best Science Fiction 30 and nominated for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History; This is a delightful steampunk tale set in so near a future it might as well be modern day. … a wonderful adventure with colorful characters and a really surprising conclusion – SFRevu
- Ninety Thousand Horses: winner, Analog annual readers Poll; McMullen tells a great story with well-drawn characters so much so that you are convinced that it is real – SFRevu
- Electrica: republished in David Hartwell’s Year’s Best SF 18; “Electrica” is the highlight of the March-April F&SF – Rich Horton, Locus
Intro from Amazon Books
Balloons were the only way to fly in 1840, and air safety standards were the stuff of science fiction…
A modern day librarian in London is about to reserve a book for a Regency serial killer…
When you think about it, they had the skills and materials to build a steam engine in 1449…
Some people just don’t appreciate art, but a two mile long metal dragon with a serious attitude problem can do more than just sneer…
Some people in 1404 are listening to our radio broadcasts…
A steampunk story written before steampunk was invented…
It is 1303, and medieval aviation is about to get some serious funding in the name of love…
If the Soviets had been a little better at quality control, the race to the moon might have gone a bit differently…
The young Dragon Librarian Zarvora has an idea for a 2 Kilo-Slave computer. She is willing to shoot her way to the top to get funding for it… (a prequel story to the Greatwinter Trilogy)
Some very brave people in 1852 are about to fly the first steam powered aircraft, and diet will mean the difference between life and death.
This and much more incredible steampunkery to be found herein—buy now so you don’t blow a gasket!