Co-editor Jeff VanderMeer announces the table of contents for Steampunk Reloaded: Steampunk 2, which he is working on with Ann VanderMeer. Tachyon Publications expects to publish the book this autumn.
VanderMeer writes: “This lavishly illustrated anthology edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer builds on the strengths of the World Fantasy Award nominated first volume, presenting 155,000 words of rich and varied Steampunk stories, nonfiction, and art that plays off the idea of Steampunk not just in the context of dirigibles and other antiquated technology but also as connected to the maker movement and other aspects of the Steampunk subculture that have begun to infiltrate the literature. It includes the William Gibson story that inspired the Steampunk offshoot of ‘Raygun Gothic’.”
The book will contain original art by Winona Cookie, John Coulthart, Eric Orchard, and Ivica Stevanovic, and original nonfiction by Gail Carriger, Jake Von Slatt, and Mike Perschon.
Original fiction in the book will include:
“The Unbecoming of Virgil Smythe” by Ramsey Shehadeh
“Flying Fish (Prometheus)” by Vilhelm Bergsoe, translated by Dwight R. Decker
“Two Short Excerpts from the Russian Book of the Improbable” by Ekaterina Sedia
“Dr. Lash Remembers” by Jeffrey Ford
“Confessions and Complaints of a True Man” by Matthew Cheney
stories by Fabio Fernandes, Brian Stableford, Jess Nevins, and “The Mecha-Ostrich”
Reprint fiction will include:
“Balfour and Meriwether in the Adventure of the Emperor’s Vengeance” by Daniel Abraham
“The Unblinking Eye” by Stephen Baxter
“The Unlikely Career of Portia Dreadnought” by Winona Cookie
“Artemesia’s Absinthe” by Winona Cookie
“Obadiah Theremin, MD” by Winona Cookie
“The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday” by G.D. Falksen
“The Gernsback Continuum” by William Gibson
“Wild Copper” by Samantha Henderson
“The Steam Dancer (1896)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan
“The Cast-Iron Kid” by Andrew Knighton
“Great Breakthroughs in Darkness” by Marc Laidlaw
“Machine Maid” by Margo Lanagan
“As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers” by Lisa Mantchev & James Grant
“The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar” by Shweta Narayan
“The Bold Explorer in the Place Beyond” by David Erik Nelson
“Tanglefoot” by Cherie Priest
“O One” by Chris Roberson
“A Serpent in the Gears” by Margaret Ronald
“The Anachronist’s Cookbook” by Catherynne M. Valente
VanderMeer offers synopses of some of the stories on this page.
Related articles previously published on SFScope:
Ann and Jeff VanderMeer announce open reading period for Steampunk Reloaded (1 December 2009)