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Clockwork

Aesthetic driven by hyper-kinetic mechanical intricacy, ticking brass gears, and visible physical physics.

The thrill of intricate, visible mechanisms whirring and clicking into place. The satisfying precision of gears meshing, springs uncoiling, and levers actuating, creating a world that operates with tangible, audible, physical logic.

Books

The Invention of Hugo CabretBrian Selznick
The House with a Clock in Its WallsJohn Bellairs
Tom's Midnight GardenPhilippa Pearce
Clockwork PrinceCassandra Clare
Clockwork PrincessCassandra Clare
In the Lives of PuppetsT. J. Klune
StormdancerJay Kristoff
The Stone in the SkullElizabeth Bear
DuplexKathryn Davis
Spare and found partsSarah Maria Griffin
NovaMargaret Fortune
The Clockwork ThreeMatthew J. Kirby
Arabella of MarsDavid D. Levine
Tours of the black clockSteve Erickson
The BoneshakerKate Milford
Arabella and the Battle of VenusDavid D. Levine
The Clockwork CrownBeth Cato
The Honorable BarbarianL. Sprague de Camp
The Music of RazorsCameron Rogers
Paris AdriftE. J. Swift
The liberationIan Tregillis
RupettaN. A. Sulway
The Clocks of IrazL. Sprague de Camp
The Book of the NightPearl North
Tik-TokJohn Sladek
Thief of TimeTerry Pratchett
The time of the clockmakerAnna Caltabiano
The Clockwork ManE. V. Odle
The 13 ClocksJames Thurber
The Siege of Mt. NevermindFergus Ryan
Broken HeroJonathan Wood
A Wind From the RiftBonnie Wynne
Daylight RunnerOisin McGann
The Stars Beyond the StoneBonnie Wynne
The Lord of the WoodE. M. Anderson
TanglewreckJeanette Winterson
The Dead Cat Tail AssassinsP. Djèlí Clark
The Silver EggheadsFritz Leiber
The Fire Opal MechanismFran Wilde
Infernal DevicesK. W. Jeter
The MechanicalIan Tregillis
TimekeeperTara Sim
The Curious Case of the Clockwork ManMark Hodder
MainspringJay Lake
Tarnished Are the StarsRosiee Thor
Clockwork LivesNeil Peart
ChainbreakerTara Sim
The Clockwork DynastyDaniel H. Wilson
The forever engineFrank Chadwick
AngelmakerNick Harkaway
The risingIan Tregillis
The Wells Bequest : A Companion to the Grimm LegacyPolly Shulman
Hearts of smoke and steamAndrew P. Mayer
The Emperor of All ThingsPaul Witcover
Clockwork AngelsNeil Peart
TickerLisa Mantchev
Gideon Smith and the Brass DragonDavid Barnett
WellsideRobin Shortt
Clockwork DestinyNeil Peart
The Watchman of EternityPaul Witcover

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