Grim Expectations, K. W. Jeter
Grim Expectations, K. W. Jeter
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Grim Expectations

Author: K. W. Jeter

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2018

Synopsis

A mind-boggling new sequel to Infernal Devices to celebrate thirty years of Steampunk.Some time after the events of Fiendish Schemes, George Dower finds himself a widower, of sorts. On her deathbed, Miss McThane entrusts Dower with a small, ticking clockwork box. The box is mysteriously linked to her.When she breathes her last, the box stops ticking and Dower is able to open it, to find hundreds of letters – written in an unknown hand, signed only with the initial S. They’re not love letters, but refer instead to the letter-writer’s ongoing search for some other person. The last is a simple note, reading “Found him”…

About K. W. Jeter

K. W. Jeter is the author of Infernal Devices, Morlock Night, the cyberpunk novel Dr. Adder, noir sequels to Blade Runner, as well as dark fantasy and other visionary science fiction. A native of California, he currently lives in Ecuador.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fiona on December 16, 2022

In the end, this book concludes indeed in grimly fashion. To me, it was an interesting, daring go at dystopian criticism of our industrial world, drawn in bold strokes and flaring contrast. The flaws in this book are the same as with the others, and I will never quite warm to Jeter's choice of specta......more

Goodreads review by Fred on November 18, 2017

This is the final book in a trilogy and is by far the weakest of the group. It throws together what seems to be random adventures with limited linkage. The language is an attempt at Victorian diction and at times is so thick with words that it is hard to read. The end is the end of the protaganist. T......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on September 22, 2022

I'm a big fan of this series. While I'll half-heartedly agree that it's not its highlight, "Grim Expectations" doesn't disappoint when it comes to imaginative follies. I love me a visually gifted writer, and Jeter's definitely there, with genre imagery that's on the verge of the surreal, to the poin......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 30, 2017

A good read. Steampunk with an air of malaise. Meretricious prose, apparently attractive but having no real value. And yet value was found in so many phrases. "Times passage has not inured my sensibilities to malignant change". "Thus it is ever with humanity that we are not deceived by what others w......more

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