by K.W. Jeter
From the man who coined the term "steampunk", an early example of the genre. Young Mr. Dower inherits his father's watch shop. Unfortunately, the Dowers never had much contact, and Young Mr. Dower has no idea how to repair the watches people bring to him. His shop is on the brink of collapse when ...
I'm not sure why this didn't grab me. It has a lot of elements that I usually love. I think the story was just too fractured and even though it all made sense in the end, it took too long to come together and I felt lost most of the time.
Steampunk, ahoy! And hey, did you know that Jeter coined that term?Remember when those fantastic adventure tales whose main goal was to tell a fast-paced story with some interesting ideas used to clock in under 250 pages and could be enjoyed in one long afternoon? And didn't have sequels? Probably ...
This book is not worth reading. It showed up on one of my recommendation lists from goodreads, but it was garbage. Clearly, any book that ends with the hero saving the world (yes, the entire world will crumble unless he does this) by sleeping with the minor character that has been attempting to se...
As expectativas eram muitas antes de ter começado a ler aquela que é considerada uma das obras pioneiras do steampunk original. Certamente, ler as obras de K.W. Jeter, autor responsável pela criação do próprio termo (vide carta à Revista Locus, 1987) é algo que está na lista de qualquer fã da litera...
I'm a steampunk fan so I was inclined to like this. On the upside the plot moves quickly and the situations the characters get into are unusual sometimes bordering on the bizzare. Unique is always good. On the downside, the writing is disjointed in places and the protagonist has a habit of getting ...
I'd probably give it 3.5 stars - the ideas and theories presented in the novel is really quite fascinating and, of course, to be reading one of the first steampunk novels is a great thing. The Victorian-esque style of writing took a while to adjust to, but it was really done well.I have the 2011 ver...
This was my first foray into the steampunk genre and I have to say that when I first started this book I was very confused as to what was going on. However, as I progressed through the book I started to get more and more into the plot and the characters.Jeter does a phenomenal job of painting a scen...
April 2013 group read for Sci Fi and Fantasy Book Club
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