Books by Cherie Priest
“In Clockwork Century, Cherie Priest imagines a Civil War that hasn’t ended. It’s gone on for decades past when it ended historically. But there’s also a gas which, as you find out in the book before Dreadnought, creates zombies. It’s been refined into a drug, and people are selling it, so they’re basically making zombies at this point. So this is, I guess, the mashup of zombie fiction and steampunk…and it takes place on this confined train. That makes for a great adventure or great horror. Anyone who’s seen Train to Busan knows what happens when you shove zombies on a train: you have nowhere to go. You can’t jump off, it’s going too fast.” Read more...
Mike Perschon, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Cherie Priest were recommended
The Best Steampunk Books, recommended by Mike Perschon
Whatever genre you love, it can be made steampunk, argues ‘The Steampunk Scholar’ Mike Perschon. He talks us through his top five choices, and shows how the core elements of the steampunk style are being recombined to create rollicking and original adventures – from alternate Civil War tales to flying whales.
