Tag Archives: Mannerpunk

Short Review Roundup – Falling Behind (Expectations) edition

Posted on June 25, 2019 by H.P.

The purpose of a book review blog is to publish book reviews.  (Look at me—courting controversy!)  I really feel like I have been slacking off around here.  I haven’t even really been reading that much (fantasy), but I have a … Continue reading →

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Can’t Wait Wednesday: Guardian by A.J. Hartley

Posted on May 16, 2018 by H.P.

One of my more delightful discoveries last year was the Steeplejack series by A.J. Hartley.   A “steeplejack” is a craftsman who repairs chimneys, church steeples, and the like.  In a 19th-century milieu like that of the Steeplejack series, it is … Continue reading →

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My Top 5 All-Time Steampunk Stories

Posted on June 14, 2017 by H.P.

I’ve been Tweeting out links to old reviews all month in honor of #SteampunkMonth.  Yesterday, Jon Del Arroz posted his all-time top 5 Steampunk novels to the Superversive SF blog (Arroz has a Steampunk novel of his own coming out … Continue reading →

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Giveaway! And Review of Firebrand by A.J. Hartley

Posted on June 6, 2017 by H.P.

I was all kinds of impressed by Hartley’s Steeplejack. Firebrand improves on it. Hartley is more confident in his story, his setting, and his characters, and it shows. Ang Sutonga is back as a private detective/secret agent for parliamentary backbencher … Continue reading →

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Review of Steeplejack by A.J. Hartley

Posted on May 30, 2017 by H.P.

I don’t read much YA. If there is much as good as Steeplejack out there, I need to read a lot more. Steeplejack follows a 17-year-old chimney repairer turned private investigator in a fantasy South Africa. The story following her … Continue reading →

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Review of Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Posted on September 2, 2015 by H.P.

Yesterday in my review of Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, I talked about two big trends in fantasy: Silk Road Fantasy and Mannerpunk/Flintlock Fantasy. Twelve Kings is an excellent example of the former. Sorcerer to the Crown is an excellent example … Continue reading →

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