I think we can all agree that multi-author anthologies can be very mixed affairs. That being said this is probably the most consistent I have ever read. There is only one really awful story in the 21 on offer. However the remaining 20 are all uniformly ok. There's not really anything more to say about them.

The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk was definitely one of the most interesting books I have read. Dieselpunk is a genre that I have found a new liking in because of this book. It deals with everything from women’s rights to Nazi Robots, making it thought provoking and entertaining. I would highly recommend this even though I am not a big short story reader.

I was so intrigued by the cover of book I checked it out twice. Like, two copies of the same book, on separate trips to the library. But I started reading it and remembered how often short story collections annoy me. I put it down for a while and read 1.5 other books, but finally finished it once the final library deadline loomed. As usual in multi-author collections, it was a pretty mixed bag. A few stories I liked a lot, most were fine, I only gave up entirely on one story.

Some of the stories were good, some were okay, and some were very blah with no taste. I read this book primarily because I thought about writing a diesel punk story; while still entertaining that thought, I have yet to read any one story in this genre that really shines. I think this is one of those genres that there is so few work in that those who love it will read anything, just to have something to read. If you like diesel punk, give it a try. If not, I'd probably spend my reading time on

3.5 stars from Marion: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/revi...

A collection of solid, but rather unspectacular dieselpunk short stories. Most short stories seems written for the sake of being dieselpunk, rather than with any goal in mind. With different settings and plots, the anthology's selection seems to emphasize the staleness of -punk novels, rather than their true potentials.Don't get me wrong, the stories aren't bad. But on a whole I would say they lack vision.

I’ve recently started to thoroughly enjoy steampunk. But this was my first excursion into Dieselpunk. And what an excellent introduction this proved to be! I was enthralled, mystified and totally sunk into some of the stories in this collection. And although it might not be my favourite collection of short stories… it certainly ranks up there.I found this collection a lot darker than steampunk collections. There is just something about Dieselpunk that is a little more critical, and a little less...

An interesting collection of stories.

Anthologies are nearly always a mixed bag. The first story in the book, "Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story" by Jay Lake and Shannon Page, didn't really do much for me. It wasn't horrible, but it definitely wasn't great. Very meh. I recall thinking that this didn't bode well for the anthology. The next few stories were better, though. One, "The Little Dog Ohori" by Anatoly Belilovsky, was positively brilliant, and darn near made me cry. It's not my intention to go through story by story...

I picked up this one because I was interested on seeing the difference between Dieselpunk and Steampunk, and I think after reading this collection that I prefer the latter. It's always difficult with anthologies to decide how to rate the collection over all, but while this was an interesting collection with no really terrible stories, it also wasn't outstanding. It was an enjoyable enough read, and if you want to dip your toes into Dieselpunk I would certainly recommend it.

I find it hard to rate anthologies because there are so many different authors and writing styles. I suppose a good anthology carries an over-arching theme that ties all the stories together in some fashion - and in this case, this anthology did so. I just personally was not really drawn in to the subject matter and theme."Dieselpunk" can encompass a lot of different kinds of stories, and this anthology was mostly the gritty grease'n'gears of the World Wars, with some alternate history thrown in...

Dieselpunk: think steampunk, but set (mostly) in between WW1 and WW2 (and maybe more gritty/dark).Like any anthologies some stories are better than others. Here are the ones I liked:Don Quixote:I actually got this anthology for this story (Carrie Vaughn) since I liked her Kitty series. This is completely (and I mean COMPLETELY) different. It was pretty dark. 3*Steel Dragons of a Luminous Sky:Takes place during WW2. This was dark, had treachery, and (spoiler alert) everyone.......dies. It was bot...

Very hit and miss.

I bought this for the story of the Romanian writer, Costi Gurgu, (with Toni Pi), Cosmobotica. Even if the story itself wasn`t something that blowed my mind away, I found it quite interesting to read. Especially because the romanian characters and for the, quite, absurd of the situation. You know there was a time when romanians really where in front of a lot of things but today we don`t get anymore on this train, for a lot of motives, that I will not discuss here, so this is indeed a good subject...

Overall rating 3.75.This was a decent collection, though personally I wouldn't classify everything in it as Dieselpunk. It was interesting to get a mix of different stories, but like all anthologies, some are much better than others..Individual ratings:1. "Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story" by Jay Lake and Shannon Page - 2/52. "Don Quixote" by Carrie Vaughn - 3/53. "The Little Dog Ohori" by Anatoly Belilovsky - 4/54. "Vast Wings Across Felonious Skies" by E. Catherine Tobler - 5/55. "I...

Personally I guess I prefer the Steampunk style over Dieselpunk because I found myself zoning in and out of these stories more than I thought I would. Could be because I didn’t really enjoy a lot of the stories in this collection compared to other “Mammoth book of...” collections or assorted short story books I have. I did enjoy the stories “Steel Dragons of a Luminous Sky” by Brian Trent and “Tunnel Vision” by Rachel Nussbaum but out of 21 stories only remembering the details of two, for me, is...

I found the entire anthology a good turn of writing. Thankfully, no poetry.

Uneven selection of stories. Some are good, others I just skimmed. Your mileage may vary.