--- product_id: 22240302 title: "Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded" price: "₹ 2844" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/22240302-steampunk-ii-steampunk-reloaded store_origin: IN region: India --- # Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded **Price:** ₹ 2844 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 2844 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/22240302-steampunk-ii-steampunk-reloaded) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded: 9781616960018: VanderMeer, Ann, VanderMeer, Jeff: Books Review: Great anthology of steampunk stories! - Great anthology of steampunk stories! The first one was great and I loved it, this one so far ( I haven't finished it yet!) is great. I would recommend this book to anyone who was wanting to read some great steampunk literature. - DJ Electfire Review: Some exceptional tales, some worthless dreck, but nothing really stunning - This is a pretty good collection of contemporary Steampunk short stories. The broad, all-encompassing and often confusing range of the modern "steampunk" movement is captured here, both the good and the bad. Established writers like Tanith Lee exist alongside virtual unknowns like Vilhelm Bergsoe, and new authors with rapidly growing fan bases like Cherie Priest and Margo Lanagan. Two stories that stand out from the pack and are deserving of special notice are "Tanglefoot" by Cherie Priest and "The Cast-Iron Kid" by Andrew Knighton. "Tanglefoot" is a dark story set in an insane asylum of the kind no longer found in any modern nation. The story centers on a young boy who lives in the asylum's basement with a once-famous inventor who is slowly descending into madness. Using the inventor's cast offs, the boy creates a clockwork playmate. At that point the story feels upbeat and optimistic, despite the dreary setting. However, at that point the story also takes an awful turn for the worse when the clockwork playmate becomes possessed by something best described as a demon (although the author never once uses that term). Overall the tale brings to mind both Poe and Lovecraft, echoing classic horror vibes in a way that many young modern readers might find deeply disturbing. "The Cast-Iron Kid", on the other hand, is a western, sort of. A small frontier town builds an iron gunfighter to both challenge and destroy violent western villains known to be fast, accurate, and deadly. The town uses the gold, cash, and other valuables recovered from the dead villains along with any reward money to both maintain their iron gunfighter and fatten the town's coffers. In the end, one young man who grows up watching the iron gunfighter and helping do some of the maintenance work decides the town is just as evil and the men the iron gunfighter has killed; therefore, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of the iron gunfighter, using his insider knowledge of the iron gunfighter's clockwork innards to do so. Therein lies the main reason this collection gets four stars instead of five. Whether it is the dark horror of "Tanglefoot", the cynical irony of "The Cast-Iron Kid", or the violent feminism of "Machine Maid" these stories are one and all dark, depressing, luddite tales of technology gone awry in some of the worst ways imaginable. The science fiction of the 19th Century, where Steampunk is said to draw its inspiration, was first and foremost optimistic in both tone and vision. To propose placing these stories alongside such classic tales as "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" or "The Lost World" does a huge disservice to the historic quality of both science fiction as a genre and technology as the pinnacle of human success. It saddens me to think that such depressing tales were no doubt created using modern computers and cutting edge software. What sort of dissonance do these authors possess that they can use the latest technology available to them to write tales decrying technology as inhuman and potentially evil? It boggles the imagination and confounds the mind. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,713,456 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4,528 in Fantasy Anthologies #7,036 in Science Fiction Short Stories #16,120 in Science Fiction Crime & Mystery | | Customer Reviews | 3.7 out of 5 stars 36 Reviews | ## Images ![Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/714rHSIg1rL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great anthology of steampunk stories! *by B***. on February 14, 2011* Great anthology of steampunk stories! The first one was great and I loved it, this one so far ( I haven't finished it yet!) is great. I would recommend this book to anyone who was wanting to read some great steampunk literature. - DJ Electfire ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Some exceptional tales, some worthless dreck, but nothing really stunning *by B***R on April 14, 2014* This is a pretty good collection of contemporary Steampunk short stories. The broad, all-encompassing and often confusing range of the modern "steampunk" movement is captured here, both the good and the bad. Established writers like Tanith Lee exist alongside virtual unknowns like Vilhelm Bergsoe, and new authors with rapidly growing fan bases like Cherie Priest and Margo Lanagan. Two stories that stand out from the pack and are deserving of special notice are "Tanglefoot" by Cherie Priest and "The Cast-Iron Kid" by Andrew Knighton. "Tanglefoot" is a dark story set in an insane asylum of the kind no longer found in any modern nation. The story centers on a young boy who lives in the asylum's basement with a once-famous inventor who is slowly descending into madness. Using the inventor's cast offs, the boy creates a clockwork playmate. At that point the story feels upbeat and optimistic, despite the dreary setting. However, at that point the story also takes an awful turn for the worse when the clockwork playmate becomes possessed by something best described as a demon (although the author never once uses that term). Overall the tale brings to mind both Poe and Lovecraft, echoing classic horror vibes in a way that many young modern readers might find deeply disturbing. "The Cast-Iron Kid", on the other hand, is a western, sort of. A small frontier town builds an iron gunfighter to both challenge and destroy violent western villains known to be fast, accurate, and deadly. The town uses the gold, cash, and other valuables recovered from the dead villains along with any reward money to both maintain their iron gunfighter and fatten the town's coffers. In the end, one young man who grows up watching the iron gunfighter and helping do some of the maintenance work decides the town is just as evil and the men the iron gunfighter has killed; therefore, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of the iron gunfighter, using his insider knowledge of the iron gunfighter's clockwork innards to do so. Therein lies the main reason this collection gets four stars instead of five. Whether it is the dark horror of "Tanglefoot", the cynical irony of "The Cast-Iron Kid", or the violent feminism of "Machine Maid" these stories are one and all dark, depressing, luddite tales of technology gone awry in some of the worst ways imaginable. The science fiction of the 19th Century, where Steampunk is said to draw its inspiration, was first and foremost optimistic in both tone and vision. To propose placing these stories alongside such classic tales as "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" or "The Lost World" does a huge disservice to the historic quality of both science fiction as a genre and technology as the pinnacle of human success. It saddens me to think that such depressing tales were no doubt created using modern computers and cutting edge software. What sort of dissonance do these authors possess that they can use the latest technology available to them to write tales decrying technology as inhuman and potentially evil? It boggles the imagination and confounds the mind. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Story Quality Varies Widely *by E***5 on December 13, 2025* The second collection of Steampunk short stories from the authors. The quality of the stories varies too much for my liking. Some of them feel more like science fiction than steampunk. Many typographical and editing errors caught my attention, reducing my enjoyment of the stories. However, the collection provided a wide assortment of stories connected to the genre. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/22240302-steampunk-ii-steampunk-reloaded](https://www.desertcart.in/products/22240302-steampunk-ii-steampunk-reloaded) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-05-03*