I don’t know where to start.
Basically, I read this post on Da Vinci Automata and was completely intrigued by the book Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick, which I bought today. I have found that I am super intrigued by the terms steampunk and clockpunk and read a bit about them.
I am surprised that I have never heard of either term before, because The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers is one of my favorite books of all time. Apparently, the term was invented, in part, to refer to books by Powers.
The Anubis Gates is great for a lot of reasons and it has everything that someone with an affinity for time travel stories would require. It takes the Grandfather Paradox idea to a different place, but doesn’t necessarily answer the question: who created the poetic works of William Ashbliss? I find this funny (though, I think you have to read the book to know why).
But, I ramble.
Time travel is an important part of the book, but the Anubis Gates also interweaves the concept of “body trading”. This is an interesting concept that I’ll have to write more about later since the list of excellent books in this category is long.
Last, any recommendations in either the steampunk or clockpunk genre are more than welcome.
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First, “Perdido Street Station” by China Miéville, then “The Scar” by the same. I haven’t gotten around to “Iron Council” yet — the third in the Bas Lag series — because I’ve only just begun to recover from “The Scar”.
Let me add the Swanwick writes killer short stories.