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An omnibus edition of four short stories.

  • Internal Devices
    • A steampunk short story inspired by the works of K. W. Jeter.
  • The Perdido Street Project
    • A short story about a city designer arriving at Perdido Street Station after the events of the novel by the same name.
  • A Different Engine
    • A steampunk short story inspired by the works of Messrs. Gibson and Sterling.
  • Day After the Cooters
    • A short story set in the world of Howard Waldrop.

Using the winners of a charity auction as characters, Eileen Gunn riffs on four formative steampunk books in this mini-collection comprised of "A Different Engine," "Day After the Cooters," "The Perdido Street Project," and "Internal Devices."

Published
January 2011
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Eileen Gunn

Eileen Gunn (born 1945) is a science fiction author and editor based in Seattle, Washington, who began publishing in 1978. Her story "Coming to Terms", inspired, in part, by a friendship with Avram Davidson, won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 2004. Two other stories were nominated for the Hugo Award: "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" (in 1989) and "Computer Friendly" (1990). A collection of her short stories, Stable Strategies and Others (2004), was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and short-listed for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and the World Fantasy Award. The Japanese translation was awarded the Sense of Gender…