They are bound in this 432 page, lovingly designed anthology released by the collectively-run publisher Combustion Books, with an introduction by Jake von Slatt and a handsome cover illustrated by John Coulthart.

The anthology can be purchased for $20.99 from the independent distributor AK Press or from Amazon.com.

Although steampunk has been around as a genre since the 1980s, it came into its own as a subculture and artistic movement in the mid-oughts of the twenty-first century.

In these first issues of SteamPunk Magazine, some out of print for years, there are articles and interviews on music, fashion, politics, history, and mad science. Groundbreaking steampunk fiction and breathtaking illustration run beside bizarre philosophy and manifestos. Learn to etch copper, to build a pennyfakething from an old bike or a jacob’s ladder from trash. Discover vertical windmills or sew a pair of spats.

Here collected now are over 400 pages of awesome steampunkery. SteamPunk Magazine has always been known for keeping the punk in steampunk, for being willing to celebrate steampunk subculture as a part of the global counterculture.

The volume is introduced by the illustrious Jake von Slatt and features a cover illustrated by the remarkable John Coulthart.

ISBN: 978-0-9834971-5-8

Coming in Autumn 2011 from Combustion Books

Featuring interviews with:
Abney Park
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
The Chronabelle
Ghostfire
I-Wei Huang
Donna Lynch & Steven Archer
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing
Michael Moorcock
Alan Moore
Sunday Driver
Dr. Steel
Thomas Truax
Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
Voltaire

Writing by:
Benjamin Bagenski
Usul of the Blackfoot
Libby Bulloff
Katherine Casey
The Catastrophone Orchestra
Andy Clark
Nicholas Cowley
Leah Dearborn
Carolyn Dougherty
David Dowling
Austin Dyches
Charles Eberhardt
Esther
Dylan Fox
Molly Friedrich
Joshua Gage
Jaymee Goh
Cheshire S. Grin
C. Lance Hall
Brenda Hammack
J.T. Hand
C. Allegra Hawksmoor
Olga Izakson
Allie Kerr
Margaret Killjoy
Donna Lynch
Richard Marsden
Robin Martin
Keith Newstead
Prof. Offlogic
A.M. Paulson
Johnny Payphone
Al-leen the Peacemaker
Rachel E. Pollock
Heather Pund
John Reppion
Jake von Slatt
Bruce Sterling
Will Strop
Lord Dr. Richard von Tropp
David X. Wiggin
B. Zedan
Zac Zunin

And artwork from:
Ben Anaman
Steven Archer
Benjamin Bagenski
Paul Ballard
Ms. Scary Boots
John Coulthart
Stanley Donwood
Sarah Dungan
Colin Foran
Fabiola Garza
Doctor Geof
Lisa Grabenstetter
Ivo Gregurec
Sam Haney
Allison Healy
Claire Hummel
Ikaruga
Juli(A)
Nick Kole
Ivan McCann
K.W. Moore
Leah Moore
Juan Navarro
Eric Orchard
Laura Pelick
Rob Powell
Amanda Rehagen
Fabio Romeu
Swizec
Emily Trow
Suzanne Walsh
Tim Wilson

SPM #7 contains  articles on steampunk’s relationship with politics, the future of steampunk fashion and the melting pot of 19th century Europe, poems about Alice in Wonderland, fiction about airships and hot air balloons (how very retro!) and instructions on how to raise your own island out of the deathless oceans.

On top of all of that, there are interviews with Sunday Driver and The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, and a good helping of all the other wonders that you have come to expect from SteamPunk Magazine.

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Visit www.steampunkmagazine.com for more info on the mag and other related future projects.

Next weekend, steampunks in the UK will get the chance to attend The Asylum Steampunk Convivial, the first steampunk event of its kind in Great Britain.

The Asylum will be showcasing a number of upcoming UK steampunk bands including Trousseaux; Sunday Driver; The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing; and our good friends Ghostfire, who we recently interviewed for Issue #6. There will also be various other events going on, including snuff sampling, a belly dancing workshop, and a number of stores and stalls where you will be able to purchase wares including comics by SPM regular Dr Geof.

The organisers have been kind enough to loan us a table where we will be selling the very first copies of Steampunk Magazine to be printed here in the UK, so come along to see us for a chat, and pick yourself up a copy!

After a lengthy struggle and much holding of heads, we are delighted to finally be able to announce the release of Issue #6 of Steampunk Magazine – The Pre-Industrial Revolution. With the final part of John Reppion’s ‘Doppler and the Madness Engine’; a look at the Romantics and what they did for us; alchemy; Luddites; corsets; sculpture; windmills; poetry; and Victorian martial arts, it’s our biggest issue to date.

As ever, Issue #6 can be downloaded from our website, or alternatively you can get your hands on your very own hard-copy through the order page on Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness.

Stay tuned for news about ordering your very own copy of Steampunk Magazine from our new UK printing operation, the website, Lincoln Steampunk Convivial, and the exciting things that will be happening over the next few months!

From www.steampunkmagazine.com

From www.steampunkmagazine.com/inside/:

We wanted to let everyone know that Libby will be representing Steampunk Magazine at this weekend’s MAKE Magazine Maker Faire (San Mateo, California), which is the largest DIY festival worldwide.

We will be one aspect of Carnival Mechanique, which is an enlarged version of last year’s Steampunk Contraptor’s Lounge. We won an award at the 2008 faire for this area, and received attention in an issue of MAKE Magazine earlier this year. Libby has previously covered a bit of the Maker Faire experience as part of her interview with the Chronabelle folks in Issue #5.

SPM will be joined by many of our extended family members: Jake von Slatt, Datamancer, Deshret Dance Company, Suzanne Forbes, David S. Dowling, members of the Etsy Steam Team, and more.

Libby will have print copies of Issue #5 available for barter or purchase. If you will be in attendance, please come say hi, brainstorm, dance with Nathaniel Johnstone’s band of wayward musicians, have a snack with us, etc.

http://www.makerfaire.com

Some of you may remember that, back in the mists of time (well, June last year), I interviewed Bryan about his forthcoming graphic novel Grandville (amongst other things).

Well, now there’s a spangly trailer for the book on You Tube.

Personally, I really can’t wait to get my hands on this!

For more info visit www.bryan-talbot.com/grandville/

NARRATIVE

Doppler and the Madness Engine (part two) …….36 by John Reppion
Funny Thing About Horizons ……….58 by Jimmy T. Hand

INTERVIEWS

The Chronabelle ………………….16 by Libby Bulloff
Voltaire ………………………..45 by Margaret Killjoy

FEATURES

Knights of the Road ……………….8 By Charles Eberhardt
Steampunk Ad-Libs ……………….45 By Margaret Killjoy & Usul of the Blackfoot
On Progress, On Airships …………..26 By Carolyn Dougherty
The User’s Guide To Steampunk ……..30 By Bruce Sterling
On The “Validity” of Steampunk ……..34 By Heather Pund
Selected Timeline of Steampunk Events, Past & Future .34 By Margaret Killjoy
An Introduction to Casting …………48 By David Dowling
Emergency Welding Machine ……….62 By Zac Zunin
Reviews ………………………..64
Steampunk Funnies ……………….68 By Geof & Alex

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Readers might also be interested in the interview I conducted with Bryan Talbot for SPM a while back, wonderfully illustrated by my lady wife.