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Boneshaker [Paperback]

Cherie Priest
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In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice. Thus was Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born.

 

But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead.

 

Now it is sixteen years later, and a wall has been built to enclose the devastated and toxic city. Just beyond it lives Blue’s widow, Briar Wilkes. Life is hard with a ruined reputation and a teenaged boy to support, but she and Ezekiel are managing. Until Ezekiel undertakes a secret crusade to rewrite history.

 

His quest will take him under the wall and into a city teeming with ravenous undead, air pirates, criminal overlords, and heavily armed refugees. And only Briar can bring him out alive.

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Cherie Priest's Boneshaker was nominated for a Nebula and Hugo Award, won the Locus Award for best science-fiction novel, and was named Steampunk Book of the Year by steampunk.com. She is also the author of Dreadnought, Boneshaker's sequel, and of the near-contemporary fantasy Fathom. She debuted to great acclaim with Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Wings to the Kingdom, and Not Flesh Nor Feathers, a trilogy of Southern Gothic ghost stories featuring heroine Eden Moore. Born in Tampa, Florida, Priest earned her master’s in rhetoric at the University of Tennessee. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, Aric, and a fat black cat named Spain.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed - Could Have Been More, Feb 13 2010
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Boneshaker was a good read. I finished it in a couple of sittings. On the positive side it was a good mashup blending zombies, alternate history, and classic adventure. The characters were interesting, the premise unique, and the storytelling focused. On the negative side, I would like to have seen the characters more fully developed. While I was able to empathize with them, there seemed to be something missing. If you are looking for a light steampunk read, I would recommend Boneshaker.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Hugo nominee?!..., Feb 4 2011
Ce commentaire est de: Boneshaker (Paperback)
Having grown up reading Edgar Rice Burroughs & Sax Rohmer, I have no problem with this particular type of story-telling. But, when I see that a book's been nominated for the same Hugo award that a fantastic piece of work like 'Windup Girl' has, yeah, I'm anticipating something more than a vapid, cliched, 'surrealistically big, kind-hearted good guys vs diabolically evil bad guys' pulp adventure tale that feels as though it was written for 'young adults'. & that's pretty much all this book truly is...

There's nothing resembling depth, or substance, or insightful observation to be had here. & both the environment (whether it's dirigibles, poison gas, or zombies) & supporting cast exist only to serve as window-dressing in order to propel the 2 lead characters from one end of the book to the other...

So, congratulations! - you now live in a time when John Carter of Mars could be nominated for a Hugo :) ...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A good steampunk starter., Sep 20 2010
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Kristin Matte (Montreal, Quebec) - See all my reviews
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Boneshaker was a nice, light read. I'm just getting to know the steam-punk genre, so it seems like it's been a good introduction. It was solid. The only segments I'm limp on are, as mentioned in the other amazon review, the character development. I'm also a little uneasy about the denouement, which felt rushed. Overall, I enjoyed it though, and I loved discovering the world it takes place in.
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