Man smiling in office.
The godfather of steampunk is back. And in a big way – 400 pages to be exact.

Associate Professor James Blaylock, author of numerous short stories and novels that are hallmarks of the whimsical science fiction subgenre characterized by steam-powered machines and Victorian settings, has just published his first full-length steampunk novel in more than 20 years.

Fans will be doubly pleased that the
The Aylesford Skull
features the return of some of the novelist’s most adored characters, the brilliant but eccentric scientist and explorer Professor Langdon St. Ives and his nemesis, the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo.

Blaylock will be signing his beefy new book and new editions of his earlier St. Ives novels,
Homunculus
and
Lord Kelvin’s Machine
, on Saturday, March 16, at 2 p.m. at
Book Carnival
, 348 S. Tustin Ave. in Orange.

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