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Steampunk?

 
 
Trijhaos
09:35 / 07.02.02
Are there any good steampunk books out there? I've read "The Iron Dragon's Daughter" and "The Difference Engine" since they somehow got classified under the steampunk label, but I was left wanting more. Are there any more or is this a genre with only two books in it?
 
 
odd jest on horn
09:35 / 07.02.02
not quite steam. but there are neo-victorians in the diamond age by neal stephenson. thought it was good entertainment.
 
 
Polly Trotsky
09:35 / 07.02.02
The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul DiFillipo, recently (?) rereleased.

Um, and, see Conceiving Ada - not Steampunk, but you should like it.

[ 07-02-2002: Message edited by: YNH3 ]
 
 
The Monkey
09:35 / 07.02.02
Read The Diamond Age or I will sic winged monkeys on you.

Also, it's a smashing book.
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
09:35 / 07.02.02
What *is* steampunk?
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
09:35 / 07.02.02
quote:What is today known as "Steampunk" has its beginnings in the early days of pulp fictions, for the genre is really a combination and imitation of the Scientific Romance and Gothic Horror genres of literature. Definition and history here. It sounds great.
 
 
grant
16:15 / 07.02.02
"Infernal Machines" by KW Jeter was great fun - linked Karl Capek's "The Salamanders" with Deep Ones and, you know, Industrial Age quantum computing an' stuff.