Books like Steampunk Prime by Michael Ashley

A steampunk detective story set in a world where computers have replaced steam engines, involving three historical figures racing to prevent the destruction of the Analytical Engine.

In the grim, alchemical city of New Crobuzon, scientist Isaac Underwood faces a half-bird, half-human Garuda and a ravenous caterpillar that threatens the entire metropolis.

In a steampunk‑infused Pacific Northwest, a catastrophic drill turns Seattle into a zombie‑ridden wasteland, and a widowed mother must guard her son against the horrors below the sealed city.

Contemporary air pirate Andan Cly turns to a legitimate flight crew as he answers a mysterious telegram for a dangerous piloting task in New Orleans, uncovering a submerged war machine that could decide an alternate history's fate.

A steampunk anthology featuring imaginative stories and anachronistic settings, blending Victorian elegance with modern science fiction.

An anthology of diverse short stories that reimagine Victorian society with steam-powered robots, eccentric scientists, and bold futuristic heroes.

A collection of fourteen original short stories that imagine how steam technology might have evolved differently in Victorian America, blending fantastical invention with the era’s social and technological fabric.

Mutants is a collection of short stories featuring Isaac Asimov's unique science fiction narratives.

A comprehensive guide to the steampunk movement, tracing its origins from early science‑fiction classics to contemporary films and the thriving DIY community that embraces Victorian aesthetics and retro technology.

A comprehensive exploration of time travel in fiction and its scientific foundations, suitable for readers with no background in physics but still rich in mathematical elements.

Dictionaries - essay by Isaac Asimov Too Soon to Die - novelette by Tom Godwin A Museum Piece - short story by Roger Zelazny Why Johnny Can't Speed - short story by Alan Dean Foster Man in a Quandary - short story by Joseph Wesley [as by L. J. Stecher, Jr.] The Cabbage Patch - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell A Touch of Grapefruit - short story by Richard Matheson Answer - short story by Fredric Brown A Gun for Dinosaur - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp A Pail of Air - short story by Fritz Leiber The Odor of Thought - short story by Robert Sheckley The Last Monster - short story by Poul Anderson (variant of Terminal Quest) History Lesson - short story by Arthur C. Clarke The Troublemaker - short story by Christopher Anvil The Game of Rat and Dragon - short story by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger [as by Cordwainer Smith] Let's Be Frank - short story by Brian W. Aldiss The Easy Way Out - short story by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy] All Cats Are Gray - short story by Andre Norton The Man from Earth - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Dream Damsel - short story by Evan Hunter The Underdweller - short story by William F. Nolan (variant of Small World) Top Secret - short story by Eric Frank Russell One Love Have I - short story by Robert F. Young The Snowball Effect - short story by Katherine MacLean The Santa Claus Problem - short story by J. W. Schutz The Ship Who Sang - novelette by Anne McCaffrey No Harm Done - short story by Jack Sharkey There Will Come Soft Rains - short story by Ray Bradbury In the Jaws of Danger - short story by Piers Anthony In the Abyss - (1896) - short story by H. G. Wells Custer's Last Jump - novelette by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop Game Preserve - short story by Rog Phillips Life Hutch - short story by Harlan Ellison The Silk and the Song - novelette by Charles L. Fontenay Down to the Worlds of Men - novelette by Alexei Panshin Robbie - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow 1940) The Man with English - short story by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold] Transstar - novelette by Raymond E. Banks Open Warfare - novelette by James E. Gunn The Long Way Home - short story by Fred Saberhagen Skirmish on a Summer Morning - novella by Bob Shaw Gantlet - short story by Richard E. Peck Saucer of Loneliness - short story by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of A Saucer of Loneliness) The Mother of Necessity - short story by Chad Oliver The Great Secret - short story by George H. Smith The Draw - short story by Jerome Bixby For the Sake of Grace - novelette by Suzette Haden Elgin A Death in the House - novelette by Clifford D. Simak Creature of the Snows - short story by William Sambrot A Criminal Act - short story by Harry Harrison The Cage - short story by A. Bertram Chandler

A young man embarks on a quest across a world of lost cities, pirates, and rebellious anarchists, guided by a precise Watchmaker who enforces meticulous order throughout society.