Ever since I read his 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson has been one of my favorite authors. He writes in a broad variety of genres, including the “Baroque Cycle” historical fiction series. His 2017 novel The Rise And Fall of D.O.D.O., co-authored with Nicole Galland, is an interesting twist on the theme of […]
One of my favorite things about writing for Steampunk Desperado is that it motivates me to discover new authors and gives me the opportunity to promote them to the world. Peter Clines’ 2017 novel Paradox Bound is about time travel, and normally I’d see that as a red flag. Even more concerning, it’s strictly about […]
The third novel in our classics series is an award-winning 1983 novel by Tim Powers, a well-realized and vivid tale of time travel and supernatural intrigue. Though nominally a time-travel fantasy, it gets included in steampunk lists because of its setting – London in the nineteenth century. The action begins in 1983 when eccentric millionaire […]
