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Extraordinary Engines : the definitive Steampunk Anthology, ed Nick Gevers pub Solaris 2008

April 27, 2009February 18, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Adam Roberts, Ian R. Macleod, James Lovegrove, James Morrow, Jay Lake, Jeff VanderMeer, Jeffrey Ford, Kage Baker, Keith Brooke, Margo Lanagan, Marly Youmans, Robert Reed

An excellent collection, with only a couple of weaker contributions. A couple are more fantasy than steampunk, but there is high quality writing throughout and a couple of stories that linger (Youmans, Lanagan and Lake) for some time.

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We Think, Therefore We Are’ ed Peter Crowther pub DAW Books 2009

January 16, 2009February 17, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Adam Roberts, Brian Stableford, Chris Roberson, Eric Brown, Garry Kilworth, Ian Watson, James Lovegrove, Keith Brooke, Marly Youmans, Patrick O'Leary, Paul Di Filippo, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Steven Utley, Tony Ballantyne

Daw and Crowther provide the goods once again, in a pocket-sized collection that manages to 15 almost invariably top quality stories.