Tag Archives: Steampunk

Review of For Steam and Country by Jon Del Arroz

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

Jon Del Arroz’s steampunk YA novel, For Steam and Country, shows a lot of promise, but unfortunately it too often typifies what I like least about both steampunk and YA. Advertisements

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My Top 5 All-Time Steampunk Stories

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

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

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

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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Giveaway! The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

You’ve probably already read my review of The Guns Above and my interview with the author, Robyn Bennis.  You haven’t?  Go do that now! Ok, welcome back.  So now you probably want to read it!  But maybe you are a … Continue reading →

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Review of The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

The Guns Above starts out in media res.  Or maybe a little more after media res, beginning at the end of a battle.  Wait, what?  I wouldn’t have minded seeing that battle, but we will get plenty of that, and … Continue reading →

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Interview with Robyn Bennis, Author of The Guns Above

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

The Guns Above is the best book I’ve read in a while, and I can’t wait to share it with you.  Look for a review on release day next Tuesday.  Go buy it.  Now.  Still not sold?  Back already?  My … Continue reading →

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