Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Postscript: there's a beautiful steampunk adventure novel by KW Jeter called "Infernal Devices" I heartily recommend. Clockwork Paganinis and church-choirs, half-selkie ladies-of-the-evening in Victorian London, and a plan to blow up the earth to get the attention of Martians, like a large firework.
Jilli, take note.
Oooh, and here's me going to Powell's Books this weekend ...
Rumors that I choose the branch of service and regiment for the heroes of my somewhat pre-Victorian stories based on whether I think the uniforms are sexy are....entirely true.
Jilli, I meant, "Take note of the Next Infernal Device - the clockwork harmonic destabilizer, that is," not "Take note of the book."
You see what kind of help I'm saddled with? Girls who Giggle and Blow Things Up. *facepalm*
beautiful steampunk adventure novel
I think I've asked this question before, but if I did, I obviously don't rememebr the answer: what's steampunk? Is it like cyberpunk? Or am I assuming that all things that end in -punk are alike?
Jilli, I meant, "Take note of the Next Infernal Device - the clockwork harmonic destabilizer, that is," not "Take note of the book."
Well, I need more details about it. Which I can get from the book, right? Besides, a clockwork harmonic destablilizer sounds like it would need tools ... power tools ... an arc welder ...
what's steampunk? Is it like cyberpunk? Or am I assuming that all things that end in -punk are alike?
Steampunk is like cyberpunk, but usually set in the Victorian or Edwardian era, and with lots of clockwork and steam-powered machinery.
I could never, ever hope to compete with Alexia's husband, the Foppiest Fop in all Fopdom
Well, who could, really? I mean, I've seen people try, but it's sort of a lost cause.
Jilli, when do you leave for PDX?
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Jilli, when do you leave for PDX?
Saturday morning, 10AM train.
Steampunk is like cyberpunk, but usually set in the Victorian or Edwardian era, and with lots of clockwork and steam-powered machinery.
Ah. I get it.
Not that I actually understand what cyberpunk really is, despite people trying to explain it to me many times. I can't get past the "cyber" part of it, and so my brain catches on the idea that it has to involve computers.
But Hec tells me that the 9/11 terrorists' method of hijacking the planes with something as low-tech as box cutters is actually a very cyberpunk concept.
Which, I confess, I still don't understand. If it's low-tech, how is it cyberpunk?
But anyway.