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So, apologies for the very newbie-esque question. I just finished Book of the New Sun. Found it very challenging but very rewarding by the end. Is "Urth of the New Sun" now required reading for me? <BR>
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Also - Is there a consensus on what Wolfe's best non-New Sun work is? <BR><BR>> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:38:33 -0700<BR>> From: danldo@gmail.com<BR>> To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>> Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books<BR>> <BR>> Yes, very much so.<BR>> <BR>> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Chris Laybourn<BR>> <laybournchris@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > So that disaster of a Will Smith film "Wild Wild West" had elements of<BR>> > steampunk? Thanks<BR>> ><BR>> > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:24 -0400<BR>> ><BR>> > > From: k.benton@gmail.com<BR>> > > To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>> ><BR>> > > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books<BR>> > ><BR>> > > It's basically a sort of homage to Jules Verne, et al in my mind.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Steampunk fiction tends to anachronisms featuring steam power,<BR>> > > clockwork, and other Victorian-era technology (and frequently societal<BR>> > > elements) providing the impetus for machines and devices that are<BR>> > > firmly in the realm of science fiction (giant walking weapons<BR>> > > platforms, for example, as in the anime Steamboy).<BR>> > ><BR>> > > That's my quick 2 cent synopsis, anyway ;)<BR>> > ><BR>> > > -k<BR>> > ><BR>> > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Chris Laybourn<BR>> > > <laybournchris@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>> > > ><BR>> > > > Sorry, I'm a little new. Can someone fill me in on "steampunk?"<BR>> > > ><BR>> > > > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:30:24 -0400<BR>> > > > > From: k.benton@gmail.com<BR>> > > > > To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>> > > > > CC: urth@urth.net<BR>> > > > > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books<BR>> > > ><BR>> > > ><BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > I'll second the rec. for MAINSPRING. I'm not a steampunk aficionado<BR>> > > > > by any stretch, but I quite enjoyed Lake's style and unexpectedly<BR>> > > > > twisting story. Quite cool.<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > -k<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Nicholas Gevers<BR>> > <vermoulian@yahoo.com><BR>> > > > wrote:<BR>> > > > > > In addition to the VanderMeer Steampunk reprint<BR>> > > > > > anthology already mentioned in the current discussion,<BR>> > > > > > I myself have an original steampunk anthology coming<BR>> > > > > > out from Solaris in October: EXTRAORDINARY ENGINES.<BR>> > > > > > All new stories from Kage Baker, Keith Brooke, Jeffrey<BR>> > > > > > Ford, James Morrow, Ian R. MacLeod, Robert Reed, Jay<BR>> > > > > > Lake, Adam Roberts, Marly Youmans, Jeff VanderMeer,<BR>> > > > > > Margo Lanagan, and James Lovegrove.<BR>> > > > > ><BR>> > > > > > For Wolfe fans, I'd recommend Jay Lake's steampunk<BR>> > > > > > novel MAINSPRING--he's a big Wolfe admirer, and there<BR>> > > > > > are certainly Wolfean echoes in the book.<BR>> > > > > ><BR>> > > > > > Another steampunk epic worth reading is Brian<BR>> > > > > > Stableford's Werewolves of London trilogy--lots of<BR>> > > > > > metaphysics.<BR>> > > > > ><BR>> > > > > > --Nick Gevers.<BR>> > > > > ><BR>> > > > > ><BR>> > > > > ><BR>> > > > > > __________________________________________________________<BR>> > > > > > Sent from Yahoo! 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