Nov. 18th, 2007

coraa: (steampunk)
Here I am again, asking for book recs!

Specifically, I have a jones on lately for steampunk or gaslamp fantasy (or clockpunk, or neo-Victoriana, or steampulp, or Voyages Extraordinares, or whatever you like to call it). You may at this point be asking me what I consider to be steampunk; unfortunately, I'm pretty lassiez-faire about genre definitions, so usually what I mean is 'the things I point to when I say steampunk.' So you can do the same -- if you think it's steampunk, that's totally cool. (I'm also a tagger, not a sorter, which means I'm perfectly happy calling something science fiction and fantasy, or whatever.) So if you think it maybe could be steampunk, go ahead and suggest it. (If you want a vague stab at a definition, I'd say that steampunk is science fiction with an archaic sensibility and aesthetic -- usually but not always Victorian, and which may or may not actually be set during the historical time period in question -- which may or may not also have significant fantasy elements. I actually think that one of the appealing things about steampunk is that it doesn't so much blur the line between science fiction and fantasy as considers the distinction irrelevant altogether, but maybe that's just me.)

Things I have read that I consider steampunk/gaslamp fantasy:

  • Girl Genius, by Phil Foglio
  • The Grand Ellipse, by Paula Volsky
  • Perdido Street Station and sequels, by China Mieville
  • His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket
  • Fullmetal Alchemist, by Hiromu Arakawa
  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, by Alan Moore
  • The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson

Any suggestions? I'm looking mostly for books and comics/manga, though if you have any movie (or TV or music) recs, go ahead and mention them too.

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