Ann & Jeff VanderMeer , who bring you the amazing Steampunk anthologies ( among many others ) , have just released another princely literary and visual treat . And we ’ve come a fink peep at some of the art and table of table of contents .
Image by Greg Broadmore .
Here ’s the scoop :
THE THACKERY T. LAMBSHEAD CABINET OF rarity
Edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
A vitrine for some of the reality ’s greatest imaginativeness , extravagantly illustrate …
A sensational find beneath the famous Dr. Thackery T. Lambshead ’s house twelvemonth after his death : a cellar space fall behind under a give floor , in which were find the corpse of a singular storage locker of curiosities . Containing artifacts , rarity , and keepsake collected over Dr. Lambshead ’s many , many decades , the cabinet of curiosity took over a year to unearth , document , and catalogue . Thus , in hold open with the bold spirit illustrate by Dr. Lambshead and his feat , we are now majestic to present highlights from the MD ’s locker , retrace not only through original optical representations by the the likes of of Mike Mignola , Greg Broadmore , and Jan Svankmajer , but also through exciting narrative of machination and dangerous undertaking . ( Sumptuous title pages provided by John Coulthart . )
Holy Devices and Infernal Duds : The Broadmore exhibit
The Electric Neurheographiton – Minister Faust
St. Brendan ’s Shank – Kelly Barnhill
The Auble Gun – Will Hindmarch
Dacey ’s patent of invention Automatic she-goat – Ted Chiang
Honoring Lambshead : Stories Inspired by the Cabinet
Threads – Carrie Vaughn
Ambrose and the Ancient flavour of East and West – Garth Nix
Relic – Jeffrey Ford
Lord Dunsany ’s Teapot – Naomi Novik
Lot 558 : Shadow of My Nephew by Wells , Charlotte – Holly Black
A story of Dunkelblau ’s Meistergarten – Tad Williams
Microbial Alchemy & Demented Machinery : The Mignola Exhibits
Addison Howell and the Clockroach – Cherie Priest
Roboticus the All - Knowing – Lev Grossman
Shamalung ( The Diminutions ) – Michael Moorcock
Pulvadmonitor : the Dust ’s admonition – China Miéville
The Miéville Anomalies
The Very Shoe – Helen Oyeyemi
The Gallows - Horse – Reza Negarestani
Further Oddities
The affair in the Jar – Michael Cisco
The telling Fish – Amal El - Mohtar
The Armor of Sir Locust – Stepan Chapman
A Key to the Castleblakeney Key – Caitlín R. Kiernan
Taking the lowlife to Riga – Jay Lake
The Book of Categories – Charles Yu
Objects Discovered in a Novel Under Construction – Alan Moore
figure of speech by John Coulthart
Visits & Departures
1929 : The Singular Taffy Puller – N.K. Jemisin
1943 : A Brief Note pertain to the Absence of One Olivaceous Cormorant , Stuffed – Rachel Swirsky
1963 : The Argument Against Louis Pasteur – Mur Lafferty
1972 : The Testimony of a Respected Lichenologist – Ekaterina Sedia
1995 : Kneel – Brian Evenson
2000 : Dr. Lambshead ’s Dark Room – S.J. Chambers
2003 : The Pea – Gio Clairval
A Brief Catalog of Additional Items , Featuring Micro - Fictions by :
Hugh Alter , Charlie Jane Anders , Julie Andrews , Christopher Begley , Jayme Lynn Blaschke , Nickolas Brienza , Tucker Cummings , Kaolin Imago Fire , Jess Gulbranson , Jen Harwood - Smith , Willow Holser , Rhys Hughes , Incognitum , Paul Kirsch , Michael J. Larson , Therese Littleton , Graham Lowther , Claire Massey , Tony Mileman , Adam Mills , Annalee Newitz , Ignacio Sanz , Steven M. Schmidt , Grant Stone , Norman Taber , Brian Thill , Nick Tramdack , Nicholas Troy , Tom Underberg , Horia Ursu , William T. Vandemark , Kali Wallace , Tracie Welser , Amy Willats , Nadine Wilson , and Ben Woodard .
Over 60 images , by : Aeron Alfrey , Kristen Alvanson , Rikki Ducornet , Greg Broadmore , John Coulthart , Scott Eagle , Vladimir Gvozdariki , Yishan Li , Mike Mignola , Jonathan Nix , Eric Orchard , James A. Owen , Ron Pippin , J.K. Potter , Eric Schaller , Ivica Stevanovic , Jan Svankmajer , Sam Van Olffen , Myrtle von Damitz , III , and Jake von Slatt .
Cover by James Iacobelli
The book is out now!Order it from Amazonor grab it at your local bookshop !
This situation originally appeared on io9 , in slightly different human body , in January .
Koran
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