James Blaylock

"The Elfin Ship" (Elfin Series) © 1982, Del Rey Books --/ third place f novel --/ wonder award --/ style award "His Own Backyard" © Sci Fiction, Jul 2001 In For A Penny, 2003 --short story : 2002 World Fantasy --short story : 2002 Locus /18 --/ cool f story --/ style award "Hula Ville" © Sci Fiction, Dec 2003 --/ fourth place f story --/ wonder award --/ style award "In For A Penny" © Sci Fiction, Mar 2002 In For A Penny, 2003 --novelette : 2003 Locus /10 --/ fourth place f story --/ wonder award --/ style award ---------------------------------------------- James Blaylock "Lord Kelvin's Machine" (Langdon St.Ives series) © IASFM, Dec 1985 book: Arkham House, 1992 --collection : 1993 World Fantasy --sf novel : 1993 Locus/19 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ style award If you had to include one quintessential story in the genre-defining anthology of steampunk, this would be a good choice: it covers all the bases, and is unpretentious enough to fill most stomachs hungry for a quick meal of the Victorian Bizarre. "A scientist-explorer Langdon St. Ives and his valet, Hasbro, pursue their arch-nemesis, the hunchback Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, across Norway, contesting Narbondo's plot to destroy the earth and, later, efforts to revivify Narbondo's apparently frozen corpse. In the process St. Ives gains access to a powerful device created by Lord Kelvin, which allows St. Ives to travel through time." Quite an enjoyable steampunk romp through the (now already cliched) staples of the genre: deliciously cheesy arch-enemies, a plot spiced with mighty volcanoes and swell Victorian technology. Good stuff, recommended. ---------------------------------------------- "Myron Chester and the Toads " © IASFM, Feb 1987 Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories, 2000 --/ cool f story "The Other Side" © Sci Fiction, Oct 2000 In For A Penny, 2003 --novelette : 2001 Locus /6 --/ cool f story "Paper Dragons" © Imaginary Lands, ed. R. McKinley, 1985 Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories, 2000 --short story : 1986 Nebula --short story : 1986 World Fantasy W --short story : 1986 Locus /15 --short story : 1986 SF Chronicle W --/ third place f story --/ wonder award --/ style award --/ idea award --/ emotion award "The Shadow On The Doorstep" © IASFM, May 1986 Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories, 2000 --/ cool f story --/ wonder award --/ style award "Small Houses" © Sci Fiction, Sep 2001 In For A Penny, 2003 --short story : 2002 Locus /20 --/ third place f story --/ style award --/ emotion award "Thirteen Phantasms" © 1997, OMNI Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories, 2000 --short fiction : 1997 World Fantasy W --shortlist : 1997 Sturgeon --/ third place f story --/ wonder award --/ style award --/ idea award "The War Of The Worlds" © SciFiction, Jun 2000 In For A Penny, 2003 --short story : 2001 Locus /15 --/ fourth place sf story --/ idea award --/ romance award --/ humour award ----------------------------------

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