The Magnetron Chronicles tales fall somewhat awkwardly into the "steampunk" sub-genre, a kind of speculative fiction which re-imagines the Steam Age mise en scène of the early science fiction/fantasy masters such as Jules Verne. This so-called "retro-futurism" recreates the intoxicating expectancy (both fearful and optimistic) of a time when it seemed science had—or would soon have—all the answers. Steampunk revisits this era, re-envisioning the future of generations past with all the breathless melodrama and tumult of that Victorian-era pulp fiction staple, the "penny dreadful."
The first five volumes in the series are now available as ebooks from your favorite online stores:
- Volume 1: The Last Adventure of Dr. Yngve Hogalum
- Volume 2: Spring-heeled Jack and the President's Ring
- Volume 3: Escape from Xanadu
- Volume 4: High Crimes and Miscreants
- Volume 5: Luftigel and Doppelgänger
- Volume 6: The Kraken of Cape Farewell (Coming 2013)
- Volume 7: The Flying Trains of Oaxaca (To Be Announced)
- Volume 8: The Curse of Al-Andalus
- Volume 9: The Black Colonel's Labyrinth
- Volume 10: Summit at Nazca
- Volume 11: The Affine Connection
- Volume 12: The Dragons of Takamatsu
- Volume 13: The Flower Warriors
- Volume 14: The Universal Germ
- Volume 15: The Möbius Transformation
Future volumes will be announced here as they become available.
This website will also provide additional background material on Phineas Magnetron and his fellows in the Hogalum Society, as well as the remaining cast of characters.
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I highly recommend while reading these books - listen to the orchestral sound track to Heavy Metal. Actions scenes within the book while listening to the theme of DEN is awesome!
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