· The Constantine Affliction T. Aaron Payton. London is a city in transition. The Constantine Affliction--a strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sex--has spread scandal and upheaval throughout society. Scientific marvels and disasters, such as clockwork courtesans, the alchemical fires of Whitechapel, electric carriages, and acidic /5. The Constantine Affliction by T. Aaron Payton. London is a city in transition. The Constantine Affliction–a strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sex–has spread scandal and upheaval throughout society. · Pratt even manages to touch on social and gender issues (the Constantine affliction of the title is a disease that transforms women into men and men into women) and to raise some interesting questions regarding free will and consciousness. This may seem a rather mixed bag, but Pratt makes it work in perfect unison and bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.
T. Aaron Payton is the pseudonym of Tim Pratt.. T. Aaron Payton is the author of The Constantine Affliction ( avg rating, ratings, reviews, p. The Constantine Affliction takes the Victorian detective story and infuses it with steampunk, mad science, and offbeat social commentary. It is funny, gruesome, a little bawdy, thoughtful, and always wildly entertaining. Oswald was the antagonist in The Constantine Affliction. He was a maniacal mad man who work to redesign England in his interest. T. Aaron Payton. Publisher. Night Shade Books. Release. 07 August Share. Subjects Fantasy Fiction London is a city in transition. The Constantine Affliction-a strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sex-has spread scandal and upheaval throughout society. Scientific marvels.
The Constantine Affliction, a strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sex, has spread scandal and upheaval throughout society. Scientific marvels and disasters, such as clockwork courtesans, the alchemical fires of Whitechapel, electric carriages, and acidic monsters lurking in the Thames, have forever altered the face of the city. The Constantine Affliction () by T. Aaron Payton (Tim Pratt) is a steampunk mystery meets fantasy meets science fiction meets a few literary allusions along the way. You'll find nods to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Shelley, and Virginia Woolf among the clockwork automatons, alchemical science, and bizarre s-B-movie monsters lurking in the Thames River. T. Aaron Payton is the pseudonym of Tim Pratt.. T. Aaron Payton is the author of The Constantine Affliction ( avg rating, ratings, reviews, p.
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