Series

The Aether Universe

Ian R. MacLeod · 2 novels · 1 novella · 1 short story · 2003–2007

Reading order

The order the books came out.

Best read in the order they were published.

Map

The Aether Universe 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

Shape

2 novels · 1 novella · 1 short story

1 author

reads like:steampunk class conflict alternate earth 19th century dark adult

Mood

Grim and calm: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.

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