Agatha H And The Airship City A Girl Genius Novel (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
The Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare. Sixteen years have passed since the Heterodyne Boys, benevolent adventurers and inventors, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Today, Europe is ruled by the Sparks, dynasties of mad scientists ruling over - and terrorizing — the hapless population with their bizarre inventions and unchecked power, while the downtrodden dream of the Heterodynes’ return.At Transylvania Polygnostic University, a pretty, young student named Agatha Clay seems to have nothing but bad luck. Incapable of building anything that actually works, but dedicated to her studies, Agatha seems destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant. But when the university is overthrown by the ruthless tyrant Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, Agatha finds herself a prisoner aboard his massive airship Castle Wulfenbach — and it begins to look like she might carry a spark of Mad Science after all.An adventurous, humorous, mad-science romp through the Steam-punk world of Agatha H. Fascinating characters fun story-line and lots of action! Young adults will enjoy this fantasy adventures based on the "Agatha, Girl Genius" comic series by Phil and Faja Foglio. Finally inter-library loaned this book and I liked it. It was a little... cluttered, seemed like every kind of creature or contraptions the authors could thought of they put into the book. I know this started as a webcomic, so they could draw whatever they wanted and you could see what they meant, but the transition to just written word didn't come off that smoothly, I think. There doesn't seem to be any rules to the science/magic in this world, which made it a little hard to picture in some cases.The background of the Heterodyne Boys, and their disappearance, is interesting, as is the character of Agatha. And I liked her cute little clanks she made while sleepwalking(sleepworking?). I liked also the Punch and Judy puppet show reference, two characters named after a puppet show, who then have shows made about them. I thought the idea of a floating airship capital of an empire was pretty clever too.
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If Young Frankenstein were a steampunk movie? Fun. Geeky fun.
—Kat
