The Steampunk Trilogy: Victoria, Hottentots, Walt and Emily
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.
Annotation:
Steampunk, the twisted offspring of science fiction and post-modernism, colors these stories set in the 19th century. Queen Victoria disappears from the throne and is replaced by a young, sexy woman, while Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman have a lurid love affair and travel to the future to meet Allen Ginsburg.
From the Publisher:
When cyberpunk came on the scene, aficionados thought SF had reached its evolutionary pinnacle. Then, steampunk reared its twisted head. Set in a very alternative 19th century, the three stories feature a mix of historical and imaginary figures. In Victoria, a young and lissome Queen Victoria disappears from her throne and is replaced by a sexy human/newt clone. In Hottentots, Massachusetts is threatened by H.P. Lovecraft-style monsters and, of course, Hottentots. In Walt and Emily, Emily Dickinson hooks up with a robust and lusty Walt Whitman and travels to a dimension beyond time where she and her companions meet the future Allen Ginsberg.
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