Links and Updates
Posted on | 2 years ago, in the late evening | 4 Comments
- Boneshaker is back on Amazon.com – thereby indicating that Macmillan and Amazon have reached some kind of detente, I must assume. This is particularly good for Kindle users, who can’t just order books from somebody else. Three such people emailed during the blackout, demanding to know why they couldn’t get my stuff for their Kindle because they were preeeetty sure they saw it available a couple of weeks ago and WTF was up with that? Yeah. Well. Here you go.
The Guardian tackles steampunk – including a mention of yours truly as someone doing American steampunk (which totally gave me a hearty squee). DO YOU HEAR THAT, NAYSAYERS WHO INSIST THAT STEAMPUNK HAS TO HAPPEN IN VICTORIAN LONDON? It turns out REAL LIVE ENGLISH PEOPLE disagree.*
The STRANGER blog takes recommendations – for additional books to read, if you liked Boneshaker and are interested in picking up something similar. Feel free to go throw your two cents in.
The Capitol Hill Seattle blog interviews yours truly – wherein we discuss Seattle as a nexus for all things steampunk (at least, one nexus thereof), local history, upcoming projects, and playtime for grown-ups.
A quick and dirty with the little fattie – Which is to say, here’s a Spain the Cat video I shot the other day. It’s pretty cute. She waves, and hogs the camera. If this does not satisfy your craving for cat action, here’s the little monster sitting in a box.
* Yesterday I might have hypothetically stumbled across a pissy, ranty review of Boneshaker complaining that it wasn’t really steampunk because it was set in America — and the reader felt cheated by this fraudulent representation of the genre. Bonus asinine: I’m fairly sure the reviewer was American.
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February 6th, 2010 @ 10:33 pm
Oh c’mon, of course Steampunk has to be about Victorian England! The rest of the world was sucked into a wormhole of sorts from 1850-1950 (gregorian calendar), making England the only extant plot of land this side of the 9th dimension.
And how are people realistically supposed to discuss places that exist outside of space and time?! It can’t be done, Cherie. We have to stick to the facts, we Steampunks, lest we upset the reviewers for Romance magazines with our historical inaccuracy.
That pissy American reviewer there was only trying to set you straight.
February 7th, 2010 @ 6:54 am
I e-mailed Amazon about Fathom the other day and they just said they aren’t selling it and I could buy it from a 3rd party seller. I got an e-mail last night that it is available to order. I already ordered it :)
I wish I had a UBS in my area. My only choices are Borders, Amazon and Atlantic Books (a smaller chain). There used to be one by my mom but they closed a while ago.
Thanks for that Stranger link. I’m always looking for more stuff to read :)
February 8th, 2010 @ 4:24 pm
Boneshaker is back on Amazon… and the prices are up 50% from when I bought my copy for the Kindle three weeks ago for $6.49. Of course, the same is true for the paperback, which has increased from $7.99 to $10.87. :(
February 9th, 2010 @ 5:00 pm
Jeff, are you talking about the large trade paperback Sci Fi Essentials edition of Boneshaker?
http://www.amazon.com/Boneshaker-Sci-Fi-Essential-Books/dp/0765318415/
I nabbed it for $10.87 on Sunday from Amazon. Was it ever actually $7.99? The MSRP on the back cover is $15.99–that would be quite a cut.
Anyway, can’t wait to dig in!