The Questionable Tales: A Steampunk Trio
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4.0 • 16 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Questionable Tales offer the reader a brief collection of thought-provoking stories amid an alternative world. Indeed, what could be achieved had mankind better used the power of steam? In this changed Victorian world, the Questionable flies. An airship designed for and by the wealthy, she floats above the world. Within this collection, three stories of the sleek vessel come to light. In A Questionable Affair, an insulted man must protect the villain he is also forced to kill. Two impoverished lovers, awarded passage aboard the Questionable, find their love and morals tested amid a new world of opulence in Unattainable Tangibility. Finally, A Means to Produce asks how the world might be changed if Karl Marx had become disillusioned with Europe. Traveling to the Raj, the Communist find a new audience to inspire, and India is forever changed.
Customer Reviews
Surprisingly good!
This is a fascinating trio of individual short stories connected to a single intercontinental airship. Touches of irony, the supernatural, and altered history make this a thoroughly enjoyable and captivating read. All three stories were skillfully written by a college student educated in history, government, and classics, and you can tell in the way he writes.