She plans on exploring the world when she grows up. Unfortunately, she lives in the deserts of Arizona, so she passes the time with her kids baking she is especially good at homemade macaroni and cheese, cheesecake, and pumpkin anything , reading, watching for clouds, and of course, writing. Arrington studied communications for three years at NAU aspiring to be a speech writer before trading it all in for domestic bliss. She has studied physics at Stanford and history at Yale free online classes count right? Extensive study of pre-modern civilizations, including years re-enacting Medieval, Renaissance and Regency times, has given Mr.
Wilkin insight into such antiquated cultures. With a proficiency in historical conventions, his fantasy and historical work encompasses mores beyond hero quests, and adds depth to his created worlds. Wilkin regularly posts about Regency history on his blog thethingsthatcatchmyeye.
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He grew up living on the side of a mountain and lives on that same mountain today, with his family and a dog that loves cheese. Scott is married, with four children. He also wrote the award-winning short film, Wrinkles. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase.
This collection of short stories was my first introduction to steampunk, and I loved it! I really enjoyed the reimagined takes on classic stories, and I found myself wishing I could read the whole original story from that perspective.
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I'd read more from any of these authors. The first story in this book captured my attention from the very first.
I could hardly put it down and can't wait to read on. I enjoyed the variety of stories. This is an anthology of steampunk short stories that are related to classical literature.
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Until Mechanized Masterpieces, I was a steampunk virgin and very anxious to get my proverbial steampunk cherry popped. This anthology is the perfect first for anyone interested in sampling some steampunk. All of the stories have some kind of combination of steam, cool gadgets, horror, science, and Victorian and western clothing of the 19th century as A.
Stewart describes in her interview. The stories range from twenty to sixty pages, written by top-notch writers and polished by top-notch editors. The stories share commonalities of the genre, but also stand out as unique pieces of fiction. I was immediately captivated by steampunk's originality.
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There are a handful of rules for the writers to follow, but imagination of characters and plots are infinite. I really enjoyed A. Stewart's Our Man Fred. She patterned her short after Dickens' A Christmas Carol, giving a nod and wink to Fred, Scrooge's nephew, as her main character. As bizarre as the plot sounds, Stewart suspended my belief while keeping it fun and fantastical. I even sensed a bit of Sherlock Holmes going on in the story. I thought of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl on the first page and was delighted to find that was the story he used for his masterpiece.
He paints a depressing picture of an impoverished homeless girl running a power plant with steam. Wiseman, and Alyson Grauer. Steampunk is a genre that I plan to read more of. Stewart, for being my guest and introducing me to this seductive genre. See all 16 reviews.
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Mechanized Masterpieces: a Steampunk Anthology
And so, as I began writing steampunk, I was pretty happy to be accepted in an anthology by the same publisher — Terra Mechanica: I loved writing in the genre. It had some elements of science fiction, elements of fantasy, yet was also kind of fresh and new.
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It was a great experience. But in a lot of ways, it felt like even more of an accomplishment to have been accepted in the sequel to my modern introduction to the genre — Mechanized Masterpieces 2: It is an anthology of steampunk stories inspired by classic American literature. As before, the stories run the gamut of style and sources of inspiration. I hope that it will prove to be as good an introduction to steampunk to others as the first one was for me. I took what I thought was a different approach to the story than is usual, even discounting the steampunk elements.
Another story that surprised me was A Princess of Jassom. I read A Princess of Mars only a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it.