I am going to wait until after this year's event, because the proposed theme for the 2013 theme was told to me in confidence. It's not been publicly announced yet, and I need to maintain a working relationship with the organizers at least through the end of the month.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 12:53:49 pm PDT #25501 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
le nubian - Oct 12, 2012 12:54:29 pm PDT #25502 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Whoops. You think this will destroy the working relationship, huh?
You might be right about that.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:02:54 pm PDT #25503 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Whoops. You think this will destroy the working relationship, huh?
I think the guy I talked with will think I'm overreacting, but shrug. His wife, the other con chair? She will be pissed. Because in some ways she got into steampunk and set herself up as "Queen of steampunk" in Seattle because she realized no one was taking her attempts to do the same in the local goth scene seriously. She saw me as competition for a very long time, and it's only been recently that she's started being friendly toward me. Mostly because I've made it clear that I have no interest in taking over the steampunk scene. But as soon as I take a stand and publicly point out I think they're being clueless? Yeah, I'll go back to being a threat to her.
Cross-scene drama: things I get to negotiate.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2012 1:06:49 pm PDT #25504 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
it's one of the books I reference when people ask me about steampunk
Is another one The Anubis Gate? I feel like you recommended that to me -- I really liked it -- and I don't know if it was w/r/t steampunk, or something else.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:11:42 pm PDT #25505 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Is another one The Anubis Gate?
I'm pretty sure I recommended it to you, but because Tim Powers is awesome and not because of any steampunk overtones.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2012 1:19:34 pm PDT #25506 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, because I somehow connected it with steampunk, and then couldn't figure out what it was about the book that was steampunk-y. Got it. And it was awesome. The ending was one of those make-me-clap-my-hands-with-glee endings.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:24:10 pm PDT #25507 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Have you read The Stress of Her Regard? Byron! Shelley! Keats! Vampires! Yes, it's my favorite by him.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2012 1:25:17 pm PDT #25508 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I have not, but I am marking your post, because I need something new to read after the library gives me Libba Bray's new book. (I read the HUGE sample from Amazon, and even though it creeps me out, I need to find out what happens.)
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:30:55 pm PDT #25509 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
New Libba Bray?! runs to Amazon, even if the ending of The Sweet Far thing was annoying.
Ginger - Oct 12, 2012 1:32:32 pm PDT #25510 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
but the imperialistic/colonialist stuff is kinda twisted in the steampunk oevre isn't it.
I could get behind a theme of Africans using steampunk technology to drive out the Europeans.