The Anubis Gates
Title: The Anubis Gates Author: Tim Powers Published: New York: Ace Science Fiction Books 1983 Genre: Science fantasy, Science fiction, Science fiction classics, Steampunk Appeal Elements: Tone: Atmospheric, Creepy Location: London, England Subjects: body switching, murder, magic, time travel, gods and goddesses (Egyptian), wizards Summary: This story follows a 20 th Century English professor Brendan Doyle, who travels back in time to London, 1820. Although he was intending to attend a lecture of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (an English romantic poet), he finds that London is full of deformed clowns, beggar societies, monstrous experiments combining humans and animal, and most of all, magic. The atmospheric and creepy tone of the novel is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout this adventure, with murder, ...