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.
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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.
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
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:33:11 pm PDT #25511 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
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....
And pedestal sinks are the worst. I don't think they make cabinets as small as my current bathroom sink, though.
DavidS - Oct 12, 2012 1:57:48 pm PDT #25514 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wow, fascinating. Gawker outed the Reddit mod who created Creepshots and Jailbait and many of the other unsavory shit on Reddit.
You can feel the flopsweat of the guy when they call him at work.
Under Reddit logic, outing Violentacrez is worse than anonymously posting creepshots of innocent women, because doing so would undermine Reddit's role as a safe place for people to anonymously post creepshots of innocent women.
I am OK with that.
Typo Boy - Oct 12, 2012 1:58:42 pm PDT #25515 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I could get behind a theme of Africans using steampunk technology to drive out the Europeans.
At least one of the Oswald Bastable series. Sorry Michael Moorecock is so prolific that there is no way I can remember the title. But Robur the Conqueror is leading a group of revolutionaries to break the colonial empire.
le nubian - Oct 12, 2012 1:58:53 pm PDT #25516 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
It is interesting how people at reddit are upset about this: after they have invaded other people's privacy.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:59:23 pm PDT #25517 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And pedestal sinks are the worst.
They are. I hate ours.
ION, why am I suddenly craving ALL the burgundy velvet blazers? I shouldn't be browsing Etsy for them, I should wait and see if I win this current round of photo judging, and if I do, I can get this one.
DavidS - Oct 12, 2012 2:01:23 pm PDT #25518 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ION, why am I suddenly craving ALL the burgundy velvet blazers?
I think I need one in midnight blue.
Typo Boy - Oct 12, 2012 2:02:33 pm PDT #25519 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
All the of Bastable series have Bastable, knocked into alternate world after alternate world, turning against colonialism and siding with the oppressed of the earth. Only that does not always turn out well either. Cause Moorcock is into moral complexity. But the Robur one is the Steampunkiest of them.
[Edit]Theliteratary consensus is that Warlord of the Air is the Steampunkiest of the three. Don't know if that is the one with Robur or not. Been a long time since read the series. I think I may well need to re-read the Nomad of the Time Stream trilogy again.