Klima recommends 13 titles to update your steampunk collections

Back on June 6, I posted a steampunk recommended reading list called “Steampunk: 20 Core Titles,” which was originally published by writer John Klima on LibraryJournal.com in March 2010.

Last Thursday on LibraryJournal.com, Klima updated his original list in an article called “Steampunk: 13 Titles to Update Your Collections.” Klima noted that he was prompted to update the list because of the many new quality steampunk titles that have been released since his original list.

Klima’s 13 new recommendations included the following books:

1. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (2011)
2. The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman (2010)
3. The Greyfriar by Clay and Susan Griffith (2010)
4. The Native Star by M.K. Hobson (2010)
5. The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder (2010)
6. The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt (2008)
7. The Affinity Bridge by George Mann (2010)
8. Dreadnought by Cherie Priest (2010)
9. Steampunk Prime: A Vintage Steampunk Reader (2010)
10. The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar (2010)
11. Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine (2011)
12. The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists and Strange Literature by Jeff VanderMeer with S.J. Chambers (2011)
13. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (2009)

To read the entire article from last Thursday, which includes detailed descriptions of the books mentioned above, visit http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newslettersnewsletterbucketbooksmack/890996-439/steampunk_13_titles_to_update.html.csp.


In case you missed Klima’s original March 2010 list, “Steampunk: 20 Core Titles,” which includes 10 classic steampunk works and 10 recent titles, here are the books on that list.

The Classics:
1. The Prophecy Machine by Neal Barrett Jr. (2000)
2. Homunculus by James P. Blaylock (2000)
3. The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo (1997)
4. The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (1992)
5. Infernal Devices by K.W. Jeter (1987)
6. The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock (1971)
7. The Anubus Gates by Tim Powers (1997)
8. Steampunk, edited by Jeff Vandermeer and Ann Vandermeer (2008)
9. Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick (1998)
10. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (2005)

Recent Works of Note:
1. Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers (2009)
2. The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes (2009)
3. The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry (2009)
4. Soulless by Gail Carriger (2009)
5. The Glass Books of the Dream by Gordon Dahlquist (2006)
6. Extraordinary Engines, edited by Nick Gevers (2008)
7. Mainspring by Jay Lake (2008)
8. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (2003)
9. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill (2002)
10. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (2009)

In the end, how many of these books have you had a chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which was you favorite and why? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.