Steampunk Hardcover - 2012

James Blaylock is one of the originators of Steampunk science fiction. He is the author of The Narbondo Series, including "The Digging Leviathan," "Homunculus," "Lord Kelvin's Machine," "The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives," "The Ebb Tide," "The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs," "Zeuglodon," and "The Aylesford Skull"; The Balumnia Trilogy, including "The Elfin Ship," "The Disappearing Dwarf," "The Stone Giant," and "The Man in the Moon"; The Christian Trilogy, including "The Last Coin," "The Paper Grail," and "All the Bells on Earth"; The Ghosts Trilogy, including "Night Relics," "Winter Tides," and "The Rainy Season"; plus "The Complete Twelve Hours of the Night," "Land of Dreams," "The Magic Spectacles," "13 Phantasms," "On Pirates," "The Devils in the Details," "In for a Penny," "The Knights of the Cornerstone," and "The Shadow on the Doorstep." Jonathan Clements is the author of several works on eminent Victorians and Edwardians, including "Darwin's Notebook"; "Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy"; and "Admiral Togo: Nelson of the East." He also wrote "Red Devils," the first of the Space: 1889 audio plays for Noise Monster Productions, and numerous Doctor Who audio adventures for Big Finish Productions. An expert on Japanese art and culture, including the country's particular brand of Steampunk, Jonathan has translated dozens of anime from Japanese and is the author of "Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade" and co-author of "The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917." Jonathan lives near the ruins of London's Crystal Palace, which was once a home to aeronauts and an experimental pneumatic railway. Brian J. Robb is a "New York Times/Sunday Times" best-selling author. Among his works are "Timeless Adventures: How Doctor Who Conquered TV," a critical and cultural history of the TV series (Kamera, 2009), "A Brief History of Star Trek" (forthcoming, Constable & Robinson, 2012) and "A Brief History of Star Wars" (forthcoming, Constable & Robinson, 2012). He has also written "Silent Cinema" (Kamera, 2007), "Counterfeit Worlds: Philip K. Dick on Film" (Titan, 2005), and "Screams and Nightmares: The Films of Wes Craven" (Titan, 1998). He is the biographer of River Phoenix (Plexus, 1994), Heath Ledger (Plexus, 2008), Brad Pitt (Plexus, 2001), Johnny Depp (Plexus, 2006) and Keanu Reeves (Plexus, 2003), among others. He's also written books on Laurel and Hardy (Pocket Essentials, 2008), Ridley Scott (Pocket Essentials, 2005) and James Cameron (Pocket Essentials, 2002).