George Dower Trilogy: Infernal Devices (Series #1) (Paperback)

from whitewavedarling

This is a fun ride of a book, set with the tone of a Sherlock Holmes mystery and beautifully detailed. It isn't hard to imagine how Jeter's vision here ended up being foundational to steampunk as a genre. The way he's mixed Victorian culture with noir-ish atmospheres, technological progress and m...

from Philotera

Lots of fun, and clearly the granddaddy of steam punk -- it has all the tropes -- automatons, round blue glasses, corsets, improbable machines, St. Monkfish! Who couldn't love St. Monkfish. Definitely a novel of ideas, and what fun notions they are.

from eilonwyhan

From the man who coined the term "steampunk", an early example of the genre. Young Mr. Dower inherits his father's watch shop. Unfortunately, the Dowers never had much contact, and Young Mr. Dower has no idea how to repair the watches people bring to him. His shop is on the brink of collapse when...

from maplemuse

One of the earlier steampunk novels, although not necessarily dealing with steam power itself, but more often clockwork. Some aspects of this novel can be seen in other steampunk works, such as the revelation of a hidden world to a naive protagonist, otherworldly creatures, and clockwork doppelga...

from stuart10er

Very well written prose - quite enjoyable - although some very odd but interesting tangents. The son of an inventor is brought into a confusing situation around the inventions that his father created, including one that could destroy the Earth. Alls well that ends well.