Book Review: The Affinity Bridge: A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation by George Mann

The Affinity Bridge: A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation
George Mann
Tor Books, 2009
ISBN 0765323206
Hardcover
The Affinity Bridge is a mystery set in a steampunk version of Victorian London.В  Airships, steam-driven cabs, and clockwork automatons are transforming society.В  Queen Victoria is kept alive on a primitive life-support system.В  London is experiencing a plague that [...]

April 28, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: The Hunchback Assignments

The Hunchback Assignments
Arthur Slade
Narrated by Jayne Entwistle
Listening Library, 2009
ISBN 0739380206
Unabridged Audio Book
Modo is an abandoned child in Victorian London, a child with such a fearsome appearance that no one could possibly care for him.В  Mr. Socrates, though, a mysterious gentleman of means,В  takes Modo in and raises him in a somewhat aloof fashion but with [...]

March 6, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments

Review: Soulless

Soulless
Gail Carriger
Orbit, October 2009
ISBN 9780316056632
Mass Market Paperback
British Victorian society has never been seen quite like this before. В  Along with the usual obsessions with wealth, status and collecting clutter, one must also deal with the coexistence of the supernatural. В  Werewolves and vampires, in particular, have been an open part of this society for years [...]

November 19, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments