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Resurrection Engines: Fifteen Extraordinary Tales of Scientific Romance
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Resurrection Engines is an anthology of Steampunk and Alternate Timeline 'retellings' and 'reimagining's' of classic fiction tales (Edgar Allen Poe, Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology, Moby Dick, Charles Dickens, Swift's Gulliver's Travels, etc) from some of today's finest Steampunk writers. 01 - Brian Herbert & Bruce Taylor (The Time Machine) 02 - Alan Baker (Journey to the Ce
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Paperback, 534 pages
Published
December 1st 2012
by Snowbooks
(first published June 1st 2012)
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Overall rating: 2.8 stars, rounded up to 3.
Somewhat unfortunately coming into this collection, while I am aware of all the stories these authors are retelling, I am not necessarily closely acquainted with many of them. I decided to keep reading anyway, though, because there are plenty of retellings and reimaginings that can stand on their own. While I overall enjoyed this collection, I wouldn't necessarily say that all of these stories succeeded without foreknowledge and a few of them fell very ...more
Somewhat unfortunately coming into this collection, while I am aware of all the stories these authors are retelling, I am not necessarily closely acquainted with many of them. I decided to keep reading anyway, though, because there are plenty of retellings and reimaginings that can stand on their own. While I overall enjoyed this collection, I wouldn't necessarily say that all of these stories succeeded without foreknowledge and a few of them fell very ...more
Technically a 2.5 star rating.
I borrowed this from the local library catalogue without even seeing the cover, much less knowing what it was all about. It was a bit of a mistake, but then you never know how anthologies will turn out. Out of all the stories here, only two were based on a source I had actually read (though I knew the vague plot of many others), and I had read other work of three/four of the authors.
The story I was most looking forward to was Alan K Baker's, as I've enjoyed his Bla ...more
I borrowed this from the local library catalogue without even seeing the cover, much less knowing what it was all about. It was a bit of a mistake, but then you never know how anthologies will turn out. Out of all the stories here, only two were based on a source I had actually read (though I knew the vague plot of many others), and I had read other work of three/four of the authors.
The story I was most looking forward to was Alan K Baker's, as I've enjoyed his Bla ...more
Great idea, well implimented.
Putting a steampunk spin on a dozen or so traditional fairy-tales is a more than decent basis for an anthology, and Scott Harrison does an exemplary job in keeping a tight rein on an excellent range of authors.
There's not a weak story in the collection, but particular highlights for me were Alison Littlewood's take on Silas Marner (a great choice for the opening story, with something of the feel of a Pixar cartoon, for some reason I can't put my finger on), Jim Mor ...more
Putting a steampunk spin on a dozen or so traditional fairy-tales is a more than decent basis for an anthology, and Scott Harrison does an exemplary job in keeping a tight rein on an excellent range of authors.
There's not a weak story in the collection, but particular highlights for me were Alison Littlewood's take on Silas Marner (a great choice for the opening story, with something of the feel of a Pixar cartoon, for some reason I can't put my finger on), Jim Mor ...more
Resurrection engines is a collection of 15 short stories of scientific romance, each one based on a classic story re imagined as steam-punk fantasy. As short stories, the quality varies widely, with no one story being a stand out. Of the stories, perhaps my favourite was The Crime of the Ancient Mariner by Adam Roberts, which is odd because I have always been frustrated by his novels in the past. I also enjoyed the story that followed, There Leviathan by Jonathan Green ( a reworking of Moby Dick
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There's something about the steampunk I've read that I find a bit icky...if you remember the movie 'Wild Wild West' you'll know what I mean.
There were some good stories in this collection, some middling ones and a few I wish I hadn't read.
The good ones:
'She who Thinks for Herself' based on Rider Haggards 'she'
'The Crime of the Ancient Mariner'
'Tidewrack Medusa' which tells how Long John Silver lost his leg.
'Ghost of Christmas Sideways' where Scrooge sees various alternate timelines.
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There were some good stories in this collection, some middling ones and a few I wish I hadn't read.
The good ones:
'She who Thinks for Herself' based on Rider Haggards 'she'
'The Crime of the Ancient Mariner'
'Tidewrack Medusa' which tells how Long John Silver lost his leg.
'Ghost of Christmas Sideways' where Scrooge sees various alternate timelines.
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Full disclosure: i wrote one of the stories in this anthology, "Tidewrack Medusa." So, discounting my own story, i think my favorite was "The Ghost of Christmas Sideways," written as a lost chapter of the Dickens Christmas Carol which purportedly only appears in one odd apocryphal edition, in which a fourth spirit appears to Scrooge to show him Christmases from alternative time-streams in which he made other choice in the past, or in which events went differently.
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An excellent collection of short stories, not so much inspired by, but more of a retelling of some well-known classics. I will not reveal which classic tales are reworked as it may ruin the enjoyment of the book for other readers; the titles in particular give too much away. Although the stories are also steampunk themed, they are not blatantly so, some in fact may not be considered steampunk at all, so you don’t need to be a fan of the genre to enjoy this collection. The quality of each tale i
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Like most anthologies some parts of this are good and some parts are terrible, and there is a decided leap in quality whenever a professional writer of original fiction takes over against those short stories written by a professional writer of tvadaptions and non fiction.
Best Stories:
Tidewrack Medusa
The great steam time machine
The crime of the ancient mariner
Worst Stories:
The island of peter Pandora
The god of all machines
There Leviathan.
Best Stories:
Tidewrack Medusa
The great steam time machine
The crime of the ancient mariner
Worst Stories:
The island of peter Pandora
The god of all machines
There Leviathan.
This book is a collection of steampunk and alternate reality short stories based on classic novels and/or classic authors. It. Is. Amazing. The writing is top-notch. The stories, in some cases, reimagined classics, are very unique. If you are unsure about fantasy or science fiction, but like classic fiction, this is a great "gateway." :-) There were two that didn't resonate with me, but it was completely worth it.
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Some of these stories worked much better than others for me. An interesting collection, however...
I didn't read all of these stories, but there was an enjoyable mix in the ones I did.
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It's 15 stories and they vary a lot in quality.
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Not my cup of tea.
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