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2810182 No.2810182[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Hi guys,
I'm looking for a good book to read with the following -
>steampunk theme (airships and such)
and that's it basically
A good book with a steampunk theme to it, so, anything you'd recommend?

>> No.2810185

the golden compass nigga, its not amazing, but i like it and its one of the only steam punk things i know of, i also know that steam punk is based on this old book thats supposed to be pretty good, wikipedia steam punk and youll find it

>> No.2810190

more?

>> No.2810196

golden compass is steam punk?
I just read it and I honestly didn't get that vibe from it at all... Really cool story regardless.

>> No.2810203

>>2810196
It's not

>> No.2810265

>>2810203
heh, yeah I didn't think so.

>> No.2810269

The Difference Engine
Against the Day (tenuously)

>> No.2810280

perdido street station.

>> No.2810289

How about comics? There's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Lady Mechanika.

>> No.2810301

>>2810289
Can't find "Lady Mechanika" for sale...
it's 44$ on amazon, goddamn it.

>> No.2810308

>>2810185
>Golden Compass
>Steampunk
Are you thirteen?

>> No.2810316

The Ketty Jay series by Chris Woodard is quite good, fun reads with a strange mixture of light humour and some very dark themes that almost seem out of place but in the end go well with the story giving it some bones.

>> No.2810374

Bump

>> No.2810390

>>2810182
>steampunk
Oh boy, OP, sucks to be underage, doesn't it. At least you're past the metal is awesome stage already.

>> No.2810398

>>2810390
What does Steampunk has to do with being underaged?

>> No.2810402

Steampunk is really more of a visual aesthetic than a literary genre. There's a fair deal of good Victorian/Napoleonic fantasy out there, like Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, but not a whole lot of good steampunk. That said, China Miéville's Bas-Lag trilogy is pretty excellent, and has a couple of airships in there.