Big thanks to Anne C. Perry, Jared Shurin and Den Patrick of Pornokitsch for the stellar steampunk night organised at Blackwells, Charing Cross Road, London yesterday! Orbit team members Anna Gregson, James Long and I had a wonderful time chatting to all the talented guests Pornokitsch had invited. Here are a few photos from the event:

Gail Carringer’s PARASOL PROTECTORATE novels and Paolo Bacigalupi’s THE WIND-UP GIRL sitting proudly among the steampunk titles picked out for the evening.

The boys compare gun sizes. Mark de Jager, Orbit’s James Long and Pornokitsch’s Den Patrick.

The Guardian at the gate! This squid guarded the entrance to the evening…

You can just about see Jared giving his welcome speech, over the heads of the large crowd the event attracted!