(urth) Steampunk books

Chris Laybourn laybournchris at hotmail.com
Tue May 13 11:23:16 PDT 2008


So that disaster of a Will Smith film "Wild Wild West" had elements of steampunk?  Thanks> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:24 -0400> From: k.benton at gmail.com> To: urth at lists.urth.net> Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books> > It's basically a sort of homage to Jules Verne, et al in my mind.> > Steampunk fiction tends to anachronisms featuring steam power,> clockwork, and other Victorian-era technology (and frequently societal> elements) providing the impetus for machines and devices that are> firmly in the realm of science fiction (giant walking weapons> platforms, for example, as in the anime Steamboy).> > That's my quick 2 cent synopsis, anyway ;)> > -k> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Chris Laybourn> <laybournchris at hotmail.com> wrote:> >> > Sorry, I'm a little new. Can someone fill me in on "steampunk?"> >> > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:30:24 -0400> > > From: k.benton at gmail.com> > > To: urth at lists.urth.net> > > CC: urth at urth.net> > > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books> >> >> > >> > > I'll second the rec. for MAINSPRING. I'm not a steampunk aficionado> > > by any stretch, but I quite enjoyed Lake's style and unexpectedly> > > twisting story. Quite cool.> > >> > > -k> > >> > >> > >> > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Nicholas Gevers <vermoulian at yahoo.com>> > wrote:> > > > In addition to the VanderMeer Steampunk reprint> > > > anthology already mentioned in the current discussion,> > > > I myself have an original steampunk anthology coming> > > > out from Solaris in October: EXTRAORDINARY ENGINES.> > > > All new stories from Kage Baker, Keith Brooke, Jeffrey> > > > Ford, James Morrow, Ian R. MacLeod, Robert Reed, Jay> > > > Lake, Adam Roberts, Marly Youmans, Jeff VanderMeer,> > > > Margo Lanagan, and James Lovegrove.> > > >> > > > For Wolfe fans, I'd recommend Jay Lake's steampunk> > > > novel MAINSPRING--he's a big Wolfe admirer, and there> > > > are certainly Wolfean echoes in the book.> > > >> > > > Another steampunk epic worth reading is Brian> > > > Stableford's Werewolves of London trilogy--lots of> > > > metaphysics.> > > >> > > > --Nick Gevers.> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > __________________________________________________________> > > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail.> > > > A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html> > > > _______________________________________________> > > > Urth Mailing List> > > > To post, write urth at urth.net> > > > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net> > > >> > > _______________________________________________> > > Urth Mailing List> > > To post, write urth at urth.net> > > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net> >> > ________________________________> > Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. Start> > sharing.> > _______________________________________________> > Urth Mailing List> > To post, write urth at urth.net> > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net> >> _______________________________________________> Urth Mailing List> To post, write urth at urth.net> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net
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