This immersive collection captures the whimsy and drama of steampunk as well as its flaws. Nisi Shawl’s “Sun River” is atmospheric and sensuous, making full use of its locale. Publication: Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of EgyptPublication Record 628710 Editor: Matthew Bright Date: ISBN: 978-1-5272-0777-6. The Cairo Citadel Clock is a 19th century French clock tower situated at the Cairo Citadel, and Egypts first public ticking clock. In Zan Lee’s “Ushabti,” a dying pharaoh grapples with his own mortality. In Tiffany Trent’s “The Lights of Dendera,” science and magic collide when a singer is asked to perform for Nikola Tesla at a new Egyptian art exhibit and comes face to face with Anubis. In Jonathan Green’s action-packed “Worthless Remains,” set in 1998, adventurer and detective Ulysses Quicksilver learns that an old acquaintance is programming mummy automatons to murder. In Gail Carriger’s “The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn’t, the Mummy That Was, and the Cat in the Jar,” Alessandro Tarabotti, a Templar, discovers a strange mummy and plenty of danger in bustling Cairo. Bright’s collection of steampunk stories set in Egypt notably includes no Egyptian authors, instead serving as an introduction to several popular Western steampunk authors and series.
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