Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter

The Sea is Ours edited by Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng

Sunday, May 19th, at 4:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson)

For our May book club pick, we are reading an astounding anthology of Steampunk short stories, “The Sea is Ours: Steampunk Tales of Southeast Asia,” edited by Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng. This collection is packed with beautiful, boundary pushing, and engrossing Steampunk tales. From glorious adventure to profound poignancy, this collection has something for every Steampunk reader.

A happy reminder that you do not have to finish the book to attend book club, but there may be spoilers

Madame Askew hosts book club on zoom and the link will be posted the day of the event. Whenever possible, book club also streams directly to our Facebook page.

Bookshop.org Blurb:

Steampunk takes on Southeast Asia in this anthology. The stories in this collection merge technological wonder with the everyday. Children upgrade their fighting spiders with armor, and toymakers create punchcard-driven marionettes. Large fish lumber across the skies, while boat people find a new home on the edge of a different dimension. Technology and tradition meld as the people adapt to the changing forces of their world. The Sea Is Ours is an exciting new anthology that features stories infused with the spirits of Southeast Asia’s diverse peoples, legends, and geography.

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