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On his blog, Jeff Vandermeer released a rough of the cover to his (co-edited with his wife Ann) forthcoming anthology Steampunk. Contributors include Michael Moorcock, Joe R. Lansdale, Neal Stephenson, Michael Chabon, Mary Gentle, and others. Actually one of the others happens to me. I’ve contributed an essay about pop culture and steampunk.
Table of contents:
“Preface,” Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
“Introduction: The Nineteenth Century Roots of Steampunk,” Jess Nevins
“Steampunk in Pop Culture,” Rick Klaw
“Steampunk in the Comics,” Bill Baker
“Benediction: Warlord of the Air” excerpt, Michael Moorcock
“Lord Kelvin’s Machine,” James Blaylock
“The Giving Mouth,” Ian MacLeod
“A Sun in the Attic,” Mary Gentle
“The God-Clown Is Near,” Jay Lake
“The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down,” Joe Lansdale
“The Selene Gardening Society,” Molly Brown
“Seventy-Two Letters,” Ted Chiang
“The Martian Agent: An Interplanetary Romance,” Michael Chabon
“Victoria,” Paul Di Filippo
“Reflected Light,” Rachel E. Pollack
“Minutes of the Last Meeting,” Stepan Chapman
“Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of the Tribes of the Pacific Coast,” Neal Stephenson
I’m jazzed about this book. Especially after seeing the cover and the people that are in the anthology. The piece I most look forward to is Jess Nevin’s “The Nineteenth Century Roots of Steampunk.” For the uninitiated, Jess produced the two amazing League of Extraordinary Gentleman companions (Heroes and Monsters and A Blazing World) plus the incredible The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana. Needless to say, Jess knows his stuff.
Look for the book in May, 2008.
Steampunk: The Anthology was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon