Steampunk Prime: A Vintage Steampunk Reader

Discover original steampunk tales in this anthology of stories written before there were actual rocketships, atomic power, digital computers, or readily available electricity. The modern day steampunk genre is a reinventing of the past through the eyes of its inventors & adventures, but this collection is from real Victorians & Edwardians who saw the future potential of science & its daring possibilities. Steam-powered automobiles, submarines, & robots are featured alongside great airships & spaceships in these bold & creative stories of hope, triumph, & disaster.

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MIKE ASHLEY is the author & editor of over 90 books in the fields of science fiction, crime fiction & the supernatural. His books range from Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life to The Time Machines, the first in a series about the science-fiction magazines. He won an Edgar Award for The Mammoth Encyclopaedia of Crime Fiction, a Stoker Award for The Supernatural Index & received the Pilgrim Award for lifetime contribution to science fiction research.

PAUL DI FILIPPO has over twenty-five published books to his credit. He lives in Providence, RI, USA, with his mate of three decades, Deborah Newton, his chocolate-colored cocker spaniel Brownie, & a calico cat named Penny Century.

LUIS ORTIZ lives & works in New York City as a creative director & advertising artist. He is the editor, along with Earl Kemp, of Cult Magazines: From A to Z, & author of Emshwiller: Infinity X Two, which was nominated for both the Hugo & Locus awards.