Monthly Archives: May 2011

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross (with ARC Giveaway)

Kady Cross may be a new name, but she has already cut her chops quite successfully writing historical and paranormal romance as Kathryn Smith. The Girl in the Steel Corset is her teen romance book, but it is also a steampunk adventure story. If you want museum-robbing automata, cowboys in Victorian London, half-machine people, and an evil plot, Kady Cross will keep you turning the pages.

Official description:

In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the “thing” inside her.

When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch….
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Locus Award Nominations Include Steampunk

Locus Magazine announced the finalists for the 2011 Locus Awards and several steampunk (and steampunk-adjacent) works have made the lists.

No steampunk titles were finalists in the Best SF and Best Fantasy categories, but Mary Robinette Kowal’s Regency fantasy Shades of Milk and Honey was nominated for Best First Novel. Scott Westerfeld’s Behemoth is up for Best Young Adult Novel, but it faces stiff competition from Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay. The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss is up for Best Novelette.

Also notable are Kraken by China Miéville, which isn’t steampunk, but is awesome nonetheless and Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear, who has been accused of writing both steampunk and bustlepunk.

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