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Is there any good steampunk besides The Difference Engine?

>> No.768142
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768142

Probably one of the best books I've read.

>> No.768183
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768183

I've also read this, but the religion in it kinda ruined it.

>> No.768187

>>768183
I enjoyed Mainspring, didn't love it, but Lake's City Imperishable books are awesome.

>> No.768189

>>768187
I should clarify, awesome but not steampunk.

>> No.768196
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I've heard a lot of good stuff about this one.

>> No.768206

>>768142

>Barnes and Noble review

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768272

i bought leviathan, haven't read it yet but the concept sounds decent enough. I'm not sure what age audience it's aimed at though.

>> No.768278

>>768272
I just finished reading it. It's for kids, but it was enjoyable AND HOLY SHIT THERE'S AN AIRSHIP THAT IS ALSO A WHALE.

>> No.768280

>>768278
haha yeah my friend recommended it to me for that reason

>> No.769537
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769537

Allow me to answer your question in two parts:

>Is there any good steampunk
No, there isn't.

besides the--
>SLAP!
>Please see the first part of my answer.

>> No.769553

>>769537
Don't be hating on Steampunk. It's not its fault that no one can write it decently.

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769556

I read Perdido Street Station a while back, I remember that being pretty damn good.

>> No.769637

Ok, so this whole steampunk movement has me a tad confused. What, exactly, is steampunk? Does it have to do with the "futuristic" technology in an older time period? Clarification, please.

>> No.769646

>>769637
It's basically "supposed" to be set in a retro-futuristic Victorian setting where everything is powered by steam.

So yeah, future technology but more clockwork and steamy.

and the punk references a struggle or rebellion against government/kingdom and what not.

>> No.769647

>>769637
steam punk is a movement on etsy.com and hardly anywhere else.

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>> No.769655

>>768272

The only thing I didn't like about it was the female scientist character (the twist you see coming from a mile away is that she's Darwin's daughter).

Despite this only being the first book in a series, she's already shaping up to be an insufferable bitch whose always right about everything.

>> No.769665

>>769637
Go watch Steamboy by Katsuhiro Otomo and that'll give you a good idea of what it is and should be.

>> No.769681

WILD WILD WEST

>> No.769683

>>769681
lol'd