Showing posts with label steampunk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steampunk. Show all posts

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Book Buzz: Downtown by Daneina Roltren

Hey there! Daneina Roltren's recently released Downtown, "a dark fantasy novel that will appeal to fans of steampunk and the new weird."  I love steampunk novels. You? Check out the book blurb of the sci-fi, steampunk thriller.

Downtown Book Blurb:   People are vanishing in Venice-like Skendgrot, and Vittoria Goritz, antiquities dealer and solipsist, is the prime suspect.

Yet Vitti is far from the sole culprit behind the strange disappearances. Skendgrot's militia have been quietly purging the city's undesirables, and the effects of this are reaching critical mass: the spaces left by the vanished criminals and ne'er-do-wells are being filled by an unstoppable flood of the hazy, semi-corporeal people nicknamed the inchoate.

But despite the warnings of the city's esotericists and natural philosophers, the militia are planning a mass vanishing, with a disastrous aftermath only Vitti can remedy—if she finally acknowledges the true extent of her ability.

Downtown is a steampunk novel to appeal to fans of dark fantasy and the new weird.


Get your copy of Downtown via Amazon here!

And as an added perk to my readers, the author has graciously donated one ecopy of her book for a giveaway. How awesome is that? See below and comment to win a free copy!

Mina B.

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Top Steampunk Books I’m Dying to Read

Okay, so I wanted to do a quick post on Steampunk novels I have on my TBR list. In no particular order, I compiled a list of Steampunk books that I’m dying to read. I’m slowly working them in queue under my Dying To Read section of my blog.

Did you know that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is considered Steampunk? Yes, Shelley’s monster classic is considered Steampunk. And what’s funny is I’ll be reviewing it for this month’s Creepy Classics segment. Pretty cool, huh? Anyway, take a look at the ones below. Have you read any of these? Are they any good? Please comment and send me the link to your review. Also, comment to add additional books to this list.

Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate)  Soulless by Gail Carriger

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman   Anno Dracula


Perdido Street Station  Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest  Boneshaker (Sci Fi Essential Books)

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)  Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare  Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, Book 1)

 Frankenstein  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 


Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Vern Around the World in Eighty Days (Enriched Classics Series)

Until next time….looking for something different, try a Steampunk novel.


Mina B.