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Resurrection Engines was a 2012 anthology published by Snowbooks Ltd. Although many of its contributors were established writers of Doctor Who media, Paul Magrs's contribution was the only one to make use of a Doctor Who license, being a fully fledged Iris Wildthyme short story.
Publisher's summary
Resurrection Engines is an anthology of steampunk and alternate timeline retelling and reimaginings of classic fiction tales.
Stories
| # | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Soul-Eater of Raveloe | Alison Littlewood |
| 2 | Journey to the Centre of the Moon | Alan K Baker |
| 3 | She-Who-Thinks-For-Herself | Juliet E McKenna |
| 4 | The Great Steam Time Machine | Brian Herbert & Bruce Taylor |
| 5 | Silver Selene | Philip Palmer |
| 6 | White Fangoria | Roland Moore |
| 7 | The God of All Machines | Scott Harrison |
| 8 | The Crime of the Ancient Mariner | Adam Roberts |
| 9 | There Leviathan | Jonathan Green |
| 10 | The Island of Peter Pandora | Kim Lakin-Smith |
| 11 | The Ghost of Christmas Sideways | Simon Bucher-Jones |
| 12 | Talented Witches | Paul Magrs |
| 13 | Fairest of them All | Cavan Scott |
| 14 | Tidewrack Medusa | Rachel E Pollock |
| 15 | Robin Hood and the Eater of Worlds | Jim Mortimore |
Notes
- Each of the stories is based on individual stories, or the collected works of a particular author:
- Robin Hood and the Eater of Worlds is based on Robin Hood;
- The Great Steam Time Machine is based on The Time Machine;
- Journey to the Centre of the Moon is based on Journey to the Centre of the Earth;
- The Crime of the Ancient Mariner is based on the Rime of the Ancient Mariner;
- She-Who-Thinks-For-Herself is based on the works of H. Rider Haggard;
- Talented Witches is based on Wuthering Heights;
- Silver Selene is based on the works of Wilkie Collins;
- There Leviathan is based on Moby Dick;
- White Fangoria is based on White Fang;
- The God of All Machines is based on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde;
- The Island of Peter Pandora is based on Peter Pan;
- Fairest of them All is based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs;
- The Ghost of Christmas Sideways is based on A Christmas Carol;
- The Soul-Eater of Raveloe is based on Silas Marner;
- Tidewrack Medusa is based on Treasure Island.
- On the Resurrection Engines page on the Snowbooks website, the anthology is said to have sixteen stories. However, there are actually only fifteen stories in the published book. The seemingly missing story was a reinterpretation of Alice in Wonderland by Lavie Tidhar[1].
Cover gallery
Resurrection Engines cover
Full cover
Original cover
External links
- Resurrection Engines on the Snowbooks Ltd website
Footnotes
- ↑ Cover of the book, Resurrection Engines, on the Snowbooks Ltd website