"Gilman debuts with a sprawling Victorian-style fantasy... Memorably imaginative, with intriguing characters and flashes of genuine originality: impressive and highly promising."
--Kirkus Reviews

"A living, breathing world full of marvelous and horrific wonders at every turn; a plot that is at once familiar, yet unpredictable and entertaining; and characters that dramatically evolve right up to the novel’s triumphant finish. What Thunderer offers is an experience that’s not quite like any other fantasy novel out there."
--Fantasy Book Critic

"Delany’s Bellona, Miéville’s New Crobuzon, Harrison’s Viriconium, VanderMeer’s Ambergris, Peake’s Gormenghast, Leiber’s Lankhmar, and Moorcock’s inexhaustible iterations of London spring immediately to mind... To this exclusive list can now be added Ararat... As stunning and unexpected as a thunderclap out of a clear blue sky."
-- Paul Witcover, Realms of Fantasy.

"Gilman carries the day with panache and boldness and ingenuity. His city of Ararat is textured so richly and feelingly that its palpability is never in doubt from the very first page... what Gilman has achieved here is something exotic and Borgesian, a novel that never stumbles or disappoints."
--Paul Di Filippo, Sci Fi Weekly

"Full of dark, haunting, horrific imagery, Gears of the City grips the imagination and doesn't let go... a wonderful achievement that extends the promise of Thunderer."
--SF Signal

"Spectacular existential meltdown."
--Kirkus Reviews

"A dark, dank and delightful combination of rip-roaring adventure set in a social milieu that lets the writer riff on pretty much anything he wants to... Gilman has an outstanding imagination, and he writes atmospheric prose to serve a propulsive plot that has lots of elements of SF and horror."
--The Agony Column

"Breaks new ground in fantasy storytelling, with its unique combination of action and mystery and its unforgettable background that spans both time and space."
--Library Journal

"Alternately fascinating and frustrating."
--Publishers Weekly

“Gears of the City” is a very good book, distinguished by Felix’s outstanding prose and imagination, some really superb dialogue—some of which is quite witty—and a thought-provoking plot... Felix Gilman ... has already established himself as one of the brightest new voices in speculative fiction."
--Fantasy Book Critic