YA author Scott Westerfeld’s next novel is Leviathan, a remarkable YA steampunk adventure story that pits Darwinists (the English side, with their evolved war-machines created by splicing and dicing various animals’ genomes to make zeppelins) against the Machinists (the German side, who use enormous, precision-made, steam-driven mecha and the like) in an alternate WWI.
The book is fantastic — I read an early galley some months ago, and my full review is going up on Oct 6 when the book comes out — but even better is the unabridged audiobook, read aloud by Alan Cumming. Simon and Shuster audio have just released the first chapter as a free stream, and I’m enjoying it immensely.
Chapter 1 of Leviathan, Read Aloud!
Previously:
- Scott Westerfeld's ass-kicking, bestselling YA novel UGLIES as a …
- Scott Westerfeld's Extras – a superb volume in the Uglies series …
- Boing Boing: Conclusion of Westerfeld's Uglies and Pretties …
- Boing Boing: Vampire novel as a work of first-rate science fiction
- Uglies: young adult sf that perfectly captures adolescent anxiety …
- Midnighters: YA horror trilogy mixes Lovecraft with adventure …