Books like Steampunk! by Kelly Link
Steampunk! assembles fourteen short stories from celebrated authors, each transporting readers to a world powered by steam engines and mechanical wonder. The tales showcase a range of fantastical inventions—automatons, clockworks, calculating machines—and the quirky, inventive spirit of the steampunk genre.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Kelly Link
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