Karen Memory

by Elizabeth Bear

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"Steampunk novel set in Seattle in the late 19th century--an era when the town was called Rapid City, when the parts we now call Seattle Underground were the whole town (and still on the surface), when airships plied the trade routes bringing would-be miners heading up to the gold fields of Alaska, and steam-powered mechanicals stalked the waterfront. Karen is a "soiled dove," a young woman on her own who is making the best of her orphaned state by working in Madame Damnable's high-quality bordello. Through Karen's eyes we get to know the other girls in the house--a resourceful...Read more
  • ISBN10 0765375249
  • ISBN13 9780765375247
  • Publish Date 3 February 2015
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 16 June 2021
  • Imprint Tor Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 352
  • Language English