Series
Mainspring
Jay Lake · 3 novels · 1 novella · 1 short story · 2007–2010
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Mainspring at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s4
- 2010s1
Shape
3 novels · 1 novella · 1 short story
1 author · completed series
reads like:steampunkcoming of agealternate earth19th centuryadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
grim · intensebright · intensegrim · calmbright · calmtenseadventurousdarkeeriefunnylightheartedrelaxingsadcatalogthis series
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Piniondarkest · most intense
- Mainspringbrightest · calmest