The Effluent Engine
23. N. K. Jemisin, "The Effluent Engine".
People have rec'ing this for a long time, but only yesterday morning did I sit down to read it. This is what I want from steampunk. Intrigue! Kick-ass engineers! Lesbians! Haitians and Louisiana Creoles sticking it to the slave-holding empires!
Also! ( skip mild spoilers about the engineer character)
An engineer who is female! And who actually pings to me as an engineer! Also, who isn't all "engineering while female turns me into sexy sexy sex object central".
NB: I am not a chemical engineer. That scene with Eugenie first smelling the effluent may in fact be completely ridiculous to actual chemical engineers. Howfuckingever. This female engineer who knows nothing about chemical engineering aside from having shared office space with one once, is happy.
Oh, and I forgot to say when the post first went up: Jemisin posted this as part of the A Story for Haiti fundraiser. 'Tis definitely worth kicking in a little, if you've got a little to kick in.
Also, it's coming out in an anthology soon/now, is it not?
People have rec'ing this for a long time, but only yesterday morning did I sit down to read it. This is what I want from steampunk. Intrigue! Kick-ass engineers! Lesbians! Haitians and Louisiana Creoles sticking it to the slave-holding empires!
Also! ( skip mild spoilers about the engineer character)
An engineer who is female! And who actually pings to me as an engineer! Also, who isn't all "engineering while female turns me into sexy sexy sex object central".
NB: I am not a chemical engineer. That scene with Eugenie first smelling the effluent may in fact be completely ridiculous to actual chemical engineers. Howfuckingever. This female engineer who knows nothing about chemical engineering aside from having shared office space with one once, is happy.
Oh, and I forgot to say when the post first went up: Jemisin posted this as part of the A Story for Haiti fundraiser. 'Tis definitely worth kicking in a little, if you've got a little to kick in.
Also, it's coming out in an anthology soon/now, is it not?