All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories

by David Moles (Editor), Jay Lake (Editor)

Nineteen All-New Stories! (and one reprint)

Genres: Science Fiction, Steampunk, Anthologies

377 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2004

About the author

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Reviews

[Lord Humungus · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have loved Jay Lake's books and enjoyed David Moles' Twenty Epics so I had high hopes for this collection.

Overall, this is a pretty decent compilation with enough variations on the central topic of "zeppelins" or at least "airships" to keep things interesting. The fast-paced, pulpy stories were fun to read, whereas some of the more innovative pieces were often too short and felt half-formed. My favorite piece was Elizabeth Bear's wonderful "Seven Dragons Mountain", which had the right mixture of Chinese culture, airships and magical mysticism for me.

Recommended if you like pulpy, alternate history stories and especially if you're a big fan of zeppelins.

[James Reyome · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uneven but ultimately satisfying collection of stories connected with lighter than air travel. Sometimes the connection is tenuous at best, as in "A Perilous Warm Embrace", and at times a bit silly ("The Last of the Zeppelins") but still enough fun to make it all worth the effort. With LTA being so in vogue with the Steampunk crowd, I'm surprised this didn't get more attention, but it's still out there for those keen enough to snag a copy.

[Beau Donnan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun collection of stories. They're not all winners, but it's still a worthwhile read.

[Seizure Romero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent collection of almost all original stories. A few really made me want to explore further stories or novels by the same author (I'm looking at you, David D. Levine. "Love in the Balance" is set in an interesting world). A few were only a page or so long and seemed more like writing exercises, but most are the perfect length to set a tone and maintain interest.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Favourite stories:
David Brin - Sky Light
David D Levine - Love in the Balance
Howard Waldrop - You Could Go Home Again *