Discoveroriginal steampunk talesin this anthology of stories written before there were actual rocketships, atomic power, digital computers, or readily available electricity. The modern daysteampunkgenre is a reinventing of the past through the eyes of its inventors & adventures, but this collection is from realVictorians&Edwardianswho saw the future potential of science & its daring possibilities.Steam-poweredautomobiles, submarines, & robots are featured alongside great airships & spaceships in these bold & creative stories of hope, triumph, & disaster.°°°MIKE ASHLEYis the author & editor of over 90 books in the fields of science fiction, crime fiction & the supernatural. His books range fromAlgernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life to The Time Machines, the first in a series about the science-fiction magazines. He won an Edgar Award forThe Mammoth Encyclopaedia of Crime Fiction, a Stoker Award forThe Supernatural Index& received the Pilgrim Award for lifetime contribution toscience fiction research.PAUL DI FILIPPOhas over twenty-five published books to his credit. He lives inProvidence, RI, USA, with his mate of three decades,Deborah Newton, his chocolate-colored cocker spanielBrownie, & a calico cat namedPenny Century.LUIS ORTIZlives & works inNew York Cityas a creative director & advertising artist. He is the editor, along withEarl Kemp, of Cult Magazines: From A to Z, & author ofEmshwiller: Infinity X Two, which was nominated for both the Hugo & Locus awards.