(urth) Steampunk books

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes danldo at gmail.com
Tue May 13 11:38:33 PDT 2008


Yes, very much so.

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Chris Laybourn
<laybournchris at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  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.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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