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I promised you guys a full post on Steam-Powered II: More Lesbian Steampunk Stories, right? I cannot and should not write my usual sort of unbiased review for this book, so instead you are going to get some information on each story and WHY IT IS AWESOME which will be extremely biased, but also very true. So, going down the table of contents!

( Cut for length and gushing )

Crossposts: http://bookelfe.livejournal.com/267612.html

Some quick things:

1. You can expect to hear more about this later for sure when I actually have time, but for those of you who have already heard enough about lesbian steampunk anthologies to want to acquire an e-copy or pre-order a physical copy RIGHT NOW: hey, now you can! :DDD

2. The reason I don't have time to post a longer entry on the above right now is because my grad program is running the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage event at MoMA tonight! We'll be presenting an awesome collection of neat film and video stuff from different organizations in New York -- footage from Tibet in the 1940s, coverage from the Gay Cable Network in the 1980s, oral history interviews, experimental film, ALL COOL -- and I also happen to have a spare ticket to give away, so if anybody is interested, let me know!

3. DID I MENTION YOU CAN ORDER STEAM-POWERED II NOW? (This is my dignified professional authorface, as you can clearly see.)

Crossposts: http://bookelfe.livejournal.com/267303.html

I had been meaning to read Nisi Shawl's Filter House for ages, but did not actually get around to it until I came to the realization that it looked like I was actually going to be in an anthology with her and this was a sign that IT WAS TIME if anything was!

And man, I am now really glad for two reasons that she's appearing in Steam-Powered II, because it was an awesome kick in the pants to read these startling, gorgeous stories. I kept turning pages and thinking 'all right, this one is my favorite,' and then I'd turn a page and like the next one just as well, and then I would think 'WELL SO MUCH FOR THAT PLAN.' (But for the record, my actual favorites were "Wallamelon," "The Raineses'," "The Water Museum," and "The Beads of Ku.")

( Brief reviews by story )

In other Steam-Powered news: hey, I have an interview up at Jaymee Goh's excellent steampunk blog Silver Goggles about it! Jaymee - who also has a great story in the collection - is putting up an interview every other day, and they are ALL GREAT. Or, for the condensed version, go over to Tor.com to read the roundtable discussion.

(I think Nicole Kohrner-Stace wins the Best Summary award. MIDWIFE VS. PINKERTONS. I would read that story! - oh wait I already did and it was awesome. :D BUT SO WAS EVERYTHING ELSE.)

Crossposts: http://bookelfe.livejournal.com/265781.html

So hey guys! You remember how last year I reviewed Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories?

Well, it is going to have a sequel, which I will probably not be able to review in any kind of unbiased way, because . . . I will be in it! My story is called "Granada's Library" and it is full of TRAGEDY and REVOLUTION and LOVERS TORN APART BY OPPOSING BELIEFS, except actually it is mostly full of books and nice middle-aged ladies wondering what is with the young people these days.

So this is pretty exciting for me, but more exciting for you guys (and a better reason for you to buy it) is all the other fantastic people who have stories in there. Check out this awesome table of contents! I can personally vouch for