Homunculus

Summarizing the plot is difficult to impossible, but events begin with a corpse-piloted dirigible that has been orbiting London for years and has finally caught the interest of the Royal Society. From there, plots and characters spring forth like spawning salmon. This is one of the more difficult steampunk books to read owing to the complexity and absurdity of the plot. Blaylock is not as successful here at pulling its parts together into a single thread as Tim Powers is with The Anubis Gates, but a patient reader will be rewarded by Blaylock's sense of humor.-John Klima, Bettendorf P.L., IA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.