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.
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Steph L. - Oct 12, 2012 1:06:49 pm PDT #25504 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:11:42 pm PDT #25505 of 30001
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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
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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.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:33:11 pm PDT #25511 of 30001
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I could get behind a theme of Africans using steampunk technology to drive out the Europeans.
Heh. That would be fantastic.
Consuela - Oct 12, 2012 1:41:45 pm PDT #25512 of 30001
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I could get behind a theme of Africans using steampunk technology to drive out the Europeans.
That's basically what's going on in the Temeraire series, except with dragons instead of steampunk tech.
Jesse - Oct 12, 2012 1:44:40 pm PDT #25513 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thanks for the Silver Goggles link -- I do enjoy reading about Other People's Fights....
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