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Steampunk: A doua revolutie eBook

Steampunk: A doua revolutie is finally available as an ebook on elefant.ro.

The book received the Galileo Award for Best Anthology in 2012.

It includes my short story "Miss Vu's Morning Ride" for which I was nominated in the Debut category at ROMCON 2012.

Enjoy!

Steampunk vs. Gotic

Who won?

Read the article on Suspans.ro

Steampunk Review on Ora de Timis

It's been over a year since Steampunk has been published, and people are still reading and reviewing it. We must have done something right! :) Read LuciaT's review here.

"Steampunk: A doua revolutie" is available on Elefant.ro and on the publisher's website.

BeWhere recommends Steampunk

Thanks to Elle.ro, we find out that BeWhere! magazine recommends "Steampunk: A doua revolutie" for this weekend's read and does it in very favorable terms.

"Steampunk: A doua revolutie" is available on Elefant.ro and on the publisher's website.

On millenniumpress.ro, "Steampunk: A doua revolutie" is also listed as soon to be available as e-Book.

Steampunk Review on BookBlog

I'm always happy to read a new review of "Steampunk: The Second Revolution". This time, it's on BookBlog.

Steampunk - Galileo Awards 2012 Winner

"Steampunk: A doua revolutie" has won the Galileo Award 2012 for Best Romanian Anthology published in 2010-2011.

Miss Vu is beaming with pride and wants to go for another ride! :)

Read full announcement here.

Galileo Awards 2012 - Nominations

The nominations for Galileo Awards 2012 have been announced on Galileo Online. None of my stories made the cut, but "Miss Vu's Morning Ride" is mentioned among those that have received a "significant number of votes" (whatever that means) so thank you to those who voted for it.

"Steampunk: A doua revoluţie” and "Venus – povestiri erotice science fiction” are still in the run for Best Anthology. Thank you in advance to those who will vote for them.

Steampunk - A Top Ten Millennium Book

"Steampunk: The Second Revolution" was ranked 6th in Fan SF's Top Ten Millennium books.

Miss Vu would be proud. :)

Galileo Awards 2012

Galileo Online announced it's time for the Galileo Awards 2012. According to my calculations, 10 of my stories should be eligible. We'll see when the final list of nominees is announced.

Steampunk and Venus are already listed in the anthology category. I have high hopes for them.

Praises for Steampunk and Venus

According to FanSF, Steampunk is the second best book published by Millennium Books in 2011, and Venus is the best book published by Eagle Publishing House in 2011.

Since my stories are included in both anthologies, I couldn't be any more proud. :)

Steampunk: The Second Revolution Official Launch

It's getting closer. The first launch of Steampunk: The Second Revolution will take place on March 19, in Timisoara at "Cartea de Nisip" bookstore. Invited guests will be Mircea Opriţă, Michael Haulică, Florin Pîtea, Cătălin Badea-Gheracostea and Marian Truţă. The event will be moderated by Millennium Books director Horia Nicola Ursu.

The second launch will take place in Bucharest on March 27.

Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to either of the events, but I'm looking forward to reading the reports and seeing photos from the launches.

Update: Reports and photos from the 1st launch can be found on the publisher's blog and in Galileo Online. The editor's speech is posted on Cititor SF (still laughing!).

And the first review of the anthology is already available on AdinaB's blog, yey!

Reports and photos from the 2nd launch can be found here, here and here.

More reviews:

• Nautilus
• The Romaniuc Files
• SRSFF
• Nautilus
• Leverinasgaard
• Saptamana Financiara
• Dilema Veche

Steampunk: The Second Revolution Full Cover Art

Only a week left until Steampunk: The Second Revolution hits the stores. Here is the full cover art as presented on the publisher's blog.

Steampunk: The Second Revolution Collector's Edition

Aside from Steampunk: The Second Revolution trade edition, the published announced there will also be a collector's edition, limited to 50 copies out of which only 30 are available to the general public. The hardcover copies are numbered, and also include the "Making of" series beside the actual texts. Cover art by de Vlad-Mihai Botta. More details on the publisher's blog.

I can't wait to get my hands on this baby!

Steampunk: The Second Revolution - Making of

My part for the "Making of" series regarding Steampunk: The Second Revolution has been published in Galileo Online.

If you want to know how "Miss Vu's Morning Ride" came to life, read here. No spoilers, though, it's mostly about the writing process.

The photos were taken inside Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart and they were used as inspiration for the vehicles appearing in the story. You might actually recognize one, when you get to read it. :)

Steampunk: The Second Revolution - PR

Romanian blogs wrote about it, but it was a really nice surprise to see Steampunk: The Second Revolution announced in The World SF Blog, Clockworker, and even WIRED magazine by none other than Mr. Bruce Sterling himself.

I love all the excitement, and the book is not even out of the presses yet!

While waiting for Steampunk: The Second Revolution to hit the stores, there's a "Making of..." series running in Galileo Online. It's very interesting to see every writer's process to come up with the story and the concepts used. My piece should be up in a few days, too.

Steampunk: The Second Revolution - TOC

Table of Contents:

Prefaţă de Ștefan Ghidoveanu
Ioana Vişan: Plimbarea de dimineaţă a domnişoarei Vu
Costi Gurgu: Cetatea Neagră
George Lazăr: De la țigani
Michael Haulică: Povestea lui Calistrat Hadîmbu din Vizireni, ucis mişeleşte de nenicul Raul Colentina într-un han de la marginea Bucureştilor
Ștefana Cristina Czeller: Suflete de plumb
Marian Truţă: Lungul drum din cer acasă
Oliviu Crâznic: Ultima clepsidră
Mircea Opriţă: Alchimistul
Aron Biro: Profeţii despre trecut
Florin Pîtea: Nostalgia revoluţiei

More details here.

Steampunk The Second Revolution

And we have the final cover art for the upcoming Romanian steampunk anthology.

Title: "Steampunk The Second Revolution"

Editor: Adrian Craciun

Cover art: Edward Miller

Publisher: Millennium Books

Cool! Especially since one of my stories is included in it. :)

Romanian Steampunk Anthology (2)

As announced on the publisher's blog, we have the cover art for the Romanian Steampunk anthology. Art by Les Edwards. Still waiting for the subtitle and authors' names to be added.

What do you think?

Romanian Steampunk Anthology

Romanian steampunk? What's that? Well, we're about to find out. It will be published by Millennium Books and the editor has already announced the contributing writers: Oliviu Craznic, Stefana Czeller, Costi Gurgu, George Lazar, Florin Pitea, Mircea Oprita, Marian Truta and yours truly. :) I'm looking forward to discover what the other texts are about and I can't wait to see the cover art. :D