K. W. Jeter

F/SF

There are several things about this novel that don't chime with later DS9 canon - Odo consumes liquid; the political situation on Bajor is more fraught; the Redemptorists aren't mentioned again. But all in all I liked the way that it dealt with galactic politics and thought the existence of a "quarantine module" made good sense, and while it didn't stand out as having particularly great characterization, I'm not mad at it.

OK first "steampunk" novel. Sequel to Wells' Time Machine. Brings new elements to the story.

In the stand-alone sequel to the original steampunk story, Dower returns from exile to see the Victorian world his father’s inventions inspired, including FEX, where Jeter finally names his obsession: ferrous sex, the mechanical augmentation of humans and the imitations of intimacy that allows. The tale ends with a titanic clash that closes this bubble of alternative history.