Grease Monkeys: The Heart and Soul of Dieselpunk

by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Editor)

Other authorsJohn L. French (Editor)
Ebook, 2023

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Available

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Fic SF Ackley-McPhail ed

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LibraryThing member lsnow11
Like most anthologies, this one had some stories I really liked and some I was less enthusiastic about. "Dieselpunk" is less tied to a time period or aesthetic than steampunk usually is, which made the anthology an interesting mix of settings. I particularly enjoyed "Under Amber Skies", by Maria V.
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Snyder, and "Hyena Brings Death", by Bernie Mojzes. "Return of the Diesel Kid", by John L. French, had a fun setting that was outside of the WWI-WWII era that many of the stories favored. Overall, I liked this book very much and look forward to reading more by these authors and in the dieselpunk genre in the future.
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LibraryThing member plunkinberry
This was an interesting collection of short stories. Most of these were OK and I was only OK with them (rather than happy) was that I thought I was getting a novel instead of a collection of shorts... Each story was good and could have been significantly expanded into a longer tale that I would
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have happily read.
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½ (5 ratings; 3.6)
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