"Gaslamp Fantasy," or historical Fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike.
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She was fiction editor of OMNI magazine and SciFiction and has edited more than fifty anthologies.
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Valente, who present a bewitching vision of a nineteenth century invested (or cursed ) with magic.
The result is eighteen stories by experts from the fantasy, horror, mainstream, and young adult fields, including both bestselling writers and exciting new talents such as Elizabeth Bear, James Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Gregory Maguire, Delia Sherman, and Catherynne M.
These approaches stretch from steampunk fiction to the Austen-and-Trollope inspired works that some critics call Fantasy of Manners, all of which fit under the larger umbrella of Gaslamp Fantasy.
Queen Victoria\'s Book of Spells is an Anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction, and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings, characters, and themes.
And, of course, the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period.
A number of wonderful Fantasy novels owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, the Bront s, and George Meredith to Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and William Morris. "Gaslamp Fantasy," or historical Fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike
