Aether and Ego – Joanne Merriam

4/4 * All other pre-order options: joannemerriam.com/books/aether...

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Aether and Ego by Joanne Merriam | Halifax Bookmark It is autumn 1845, and Elizabeth Bennet is a part of the second generation embarking on a centuries-long flight to Alpha Centauri, working in the signal room and studying engineering aboard a massive ...

3/4 Excited to turn this bit of wooden clockwork into an airator - a fabulous prop for readings!

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2/4 When the one in Elizabeth Bennet's room stops, the silence wakes her & she goes downstairs to find Mr. Collins talking to her mother about courting Jane. People who know the original will remember this - it happens differently in my version.

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1/4 In my forthcoming novel, Aether and Ego, they leave Earth in 1821 and because they didn't have the technology at the time to be absolutely air-tight, Charles Babbage invents the "airator."

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A screencap from my blog: at the top, a photo of an open-air kiosk with ORDER HERE in neon. Below that, it says Fiction, Writing, "Aether and Ego pre-ordering", 1 March 2026, joannemerriam, "I'm so excited to see pre-order options pop up across the globe! I keep feeling like" and then a picture of the animated Pinocchio.

Updated my blog with pre-order links! joannemerriam.com/2026/03/01/a...

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A screenshot of my author photo with this announcement on Instagram from Inanna Publications: We are incredibly excited to announce the fourth of our Fall 2026 releases. @joanne.merriam's speculative fiction book “Aether and Ego” comes out with Inanna Publications this fall. Joanne Merriam is a writer and poet from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She is the author of the poetry collection 'The Glaze from Breaking' and her poetry and fiction has appeared in dozens of magazines and journals, including Astropoetica, The Baltimore Review, Escape Pod, Pank, Per Contra, Pictura, and Strange Horizons. Aether and Ego: It is autumn 1845, and Elizabeth Bennet is a part of the second generation embarking on a centuries-long flight to Alpha Centauri, working in the signal room and studying engineering in the new Regency society aboard a massive generation ship. Aether and Ego is a steampunk retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, with the addition of space travel, dogs, and accidental death. Follow to stay up to date on preorder announcements!

Aaaaaahhhhh it's happeninggggggg

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I just signed a book contract with Inanna Publications! Aether and Ego is a Jules Verne-meets-Jane Austen steampunk retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in space in the 1840s. It will come out in autumn 2026.

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