Bibliograph

The sea is ours, tales from steampunk Southeast Asia, edited by Jaymee Goh & Joyce Chng

Type

Label

The sea is ours, tales from steampunk Southeast Asia, edited by Jaymee Goh & Joyce Chng

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The sea is ours

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

930706187

Responsibility statement

edited by Jaymee Goh & Joyce Chng

Sub title

tales from steampunk Southeast Asia

Summary

Steampunk takes on Southeast Asia in this anthology The stories in this collection merge technological wonder with the everyday. Children upgrade their fighting spiders with armor, and toymakers create punchcard-driven marionettes. Large fish lumber across the skies, while boat people find a new home on the edge of a different dimension. Technology and tradition meld as the people adapt to the changing forces of their world. The Sea Is Ours is an exciting new anthology that features stories infused with the spirits of Southeast Asia's diverse peoples, legends, and geographyA collection of steampunk short stories, including Robert Liow's tale of children upgrading their fighting spiders with armor and Timothy Dimacali's story of large lumbering fish flying in the sky

Table Of Contents

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Half Title; Contents; Introduction; Timothy Dimacali: On the Consequence of Sound -- Illustration by Shelley Low; Marilag Angway: Chasing Volcanoes -- Illustration by Pear Nuallak; L.L. Hill: Ordained -- Illustration by Pear Nuallak; Alessa Hinlo: The Last Aswang -- Illustration by Trung Le; Nghi Vo: Life Under Glass -- Illustration by Kim Miranda; Paolo Chikiamco: Between Severed Souls -- Illustration by Borg Sinaban; Kate Osias: The Unmaking of the Cuadro Amoroso -- Illustration by Trung Le; Olivia Ho: Working Woman -- Illustration by Stephani SoejonoRobert Liow: Spider Here -- Illustration by Pear Nuallakz.m. qu.nh: The Chamber of Souls -- Illustration by Borg Sinaban; Ivanna Mendels: Petrified -- Illustration by Wina Oktavia; Pear Nuallak: The Insects and Women Sing Together -- Illustration by Kim Miranda; About the Authors; About the EditorsOn the consequence of sound / Timothy Dimacali -- Chasing volcanoes / Marilag Angway -- Ordained / L.L. Hill -- The last aswang / Alessa Hinlo -- Life under glass / Nghi Vo -- Between severed souls / Paolo Chikiamco -- The unmaking of the Cuadro Amoroso / Kate Osias -- Working woman / Olivia Ho -- Spider here / Robert Liow -- The chamber of souls / Z.M. Quýnh -- Petrified / Ivanna Mendels -- The insects and women sing together / Pear Naullak

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor