The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature

Overview:

• Title: The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature
• Author: Jeff VanderMeer, S. J. Chambers
• Year: 2011
• ISBN-10: 9780810989580
• Publisher: Abrams Image
• Price: $24.95
• Pages: 224
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Non-fiction
• Title Reference: The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature
• Notes:
  • Information from 10th printing
  • Stated "Published in 2011 by Abrams Image, an imprint of ABRAMS."
  • No date other than year. Publication date from Amazon.com as of 2013-11-29.
  • First printing per number line
  • No cover artist credit. "A. Souze" is on the spine of a book in the lower left of the illustration. As this is the only book with a title, it may be the cover artist's signature.
  • Canadian price C$29.95
  • UK price £16.99
  • Publication contains separately credited essays which are distinct from main content.
  • Publication contains two interviews. The interviewer is not specifically credited. The Sean Orlando interview has been entered as an essay since it is not an interview of a speculative fiction author.
  • Publication contains numerous illustrations. Only illustrations related to published speculative fiction have been added. Illustrations are titled per the captions given in the publication. Cover images are credited either per the caption or per the "Book Cover Credits" on page 222.
    • "Steampunk, a fiction anthology" is the cover to the VanderMeer's Steampunk anthology
    • "Original cover for the short story 'Electric Bob's Big Black Ostrich', written by Robert Toombs" is the cover to New York Five Cent Library 63, 1892
    • "J. K. Potter's cover art for James Blaylock's Lord Kelvin's Machine as revised for the cover of Blaylock's The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives" is the cover to the Subterranean Press, 2008 edition
    • "The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers" is the cover to the Ziesing Books, 1989 edition
    • "J. K. Potter's full cover art for James Blaylock's The Ebb Tide" is the cover to the Subterranean Press, 2008 edition
    • "John Coulthart's cover art for K. W. Jeter's Morlock Night" is the cover to the Angry Robot, 2011 edition
    • "Ian Miller's original cover art for the first English edition of William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine" is the cover to the Gollancz, 1990 edition
    • "Bruce Jensen's cover art for Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age" is the cover to the Bantam Books, 1994 edition
    • "Boneshaker by Cherie Priest" is the cover to the Tor Books, 2009 edition
    • "The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia" is the cover to the Prime Books, 2008 edition
    • "Changeless, the second book of The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger" is the cover to the Orbit Books, 2010 edition
    • "The Immorality Engine, part of George Mann's Newbury & Hobbes series" is the cover to the Snowbooks, 2010 edition
    • "Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld" is the cover to the Simon Pulse, 2009 edition
    • "Pinion by Jay Lake" is the cover to the Tor Books, 2010 edition
    • "The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer" is the cover to the St. Martin's Press, 2010 edition
    • "The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee" is the cover to the Orbit Books, 2010 edition
    • "Steampunk Reloaded fiction anthology, cover design by Ann Monn, raygun by Dan Jones and the Tinkerbots" is the cover to the VanderMeer's Steampunk Reloaded anthology