tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post5540777098398456959..comments2024-01-15T03:58:39.046-05:00Comments on Sci-Fi Fan Letter: Steampunk Reading ListJessica Striderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13375221959854098665noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-41743943298740943692011-02-09T14:45:26.169-05:002011-02-09T14:45:26.169-05:00Sorry, E,
I don't know many middle-grade book...Sorry, E,<br /><br />I don't know many middle-grade books. For YA, Leviathan's a great book without the controversy of the Pullman books. I haven't been watching teen closely to see what other steampunk novels have come out (too busy reading the dystopian novels).Jessica Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375221959854098665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-65288843967793430392011-02-09T09:50:58.471-05:002011-02-09T09:50:58.471-05:00Interesting list. Would you have any recommendatio...Interesting list. Would you have any recommendations for a short list for a middle-grade or YA reader just getting into Steampunk? Thanks, EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-22513610178226359932009-10-11T23:47:28.182-04:002009-10-11T23:47:28.182-04:00Diamond Age isn't Steampunk either. It's s...Diamond Age isn't Steampunk either. It's set in the same world as Snow Crash roughly 100 years in its future, making it literally post-cyberpunk.Rob Wardhttp://www.usslynx.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-73739079830015252232009-10-11T13:06:32.844-04:002009-10-11T13:06:32.844-04:00Teen/young List:
His Dark Materials series by Pul...Teen/young List:<br /><br />His Dark Materials series by Pullman. Good divergent timeline w/ zeppelinUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447834622288180505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-45361225968876025282009-10-11T12:53:54.865-04:002009-10-11T12:53:54.865-04:00Good list. Beside the books mentioned in the other...Good list. Beside the books mentioned in the other comments I would add following books:<br /><br /><i>The Osiris Ritual</i> by George Mann<br /><br />The PAX BRITANNIA series<br /><i>Unnatural History</i> by Jonathan Green<br /><i>El Sombra</i> by Al Ewing<br /><i>Leviathan Rising</i> by Jonathan Green<br /><i>Human Nature</i> by Jonathan Green<br /><i>Evolution Expects</i> by Jonathan Green<br /><br /><i>The House of Storms</i> by Ian MacLeod<br /><br /><i>The Alchemy Stone</i> by Ekaterian Sedia<br /><br /><i>Thunderer</i> by Felix Gilman<br /><i>Gears of the City</i> by Felix Gilman<br /><br /><i>Flaming London</i> by Joe R. Lansdale<br /><br /><i>Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel</i> by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett<br /><br /><i>The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters</i> by Gordon W Dahlquist<br /><i>The Dark Volume</i>by Gordon W DahlquistediFanoBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129248787624088717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-81912543750029135732009-10-11T12:35:22.749-04:002009-10-11T12:35:22.749-04:00Thanks for the added titles. I'd forgotten abo...Thanks for the added titles. I'd forgotten about Infernal Devices and Perdido Street Station. Some of the others I've never heard of, so that's great. Steampunk's an interesting subgenre. I've only read a few so far, but I've liked them all.<br /><br />And thanks Jeff. When we put this display up in the store we didn't have enough steampunk so we used a few cyberpunk novels to flesh it out. I guess I forgot that Snowcrash was one of the cyberpunk titles. I've removed it from the list.Jessica Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375221959854098665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-19155192454237679562009-10-11T10:56:21.663-04:002009-10-11T10:56:21.663-04:00I wouldn't count "SnowCrash". Its mo...I wouldn't count "SnowCrash". Its more cyberpunk.<br />"Airborne" and "Skybreaker" by Kenneth Oppel are cool for the Zepplins.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-24616688545566769962009-10-11T04:45:00.129-04:002009-10-11T04:45:00.129-04:00I'd also be tempted to add the Dungeon series ...I'd also be tempted to add the <i>Dungeon</i> series by Philip Jose Farmer, as well as China Mieville's <i>Perdido Street Station</i> and related books.<br /><br />Olaf MeysUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288604585774173584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-46533435400081732532009-10-10T16:05:46.256-04:002009-10-10T16:05:46.256-04:00Good list. I would add an "archaeological&quo...Good list. I would add an "archaeological" work: Michael Moorcock "A Nomad of the Time Streams" trilogy (Cpt. Oswald Bastable).Nunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643404517590554515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625938726369573756.post-52636692805703094342009-10-10T14:34:51.409-04:002009-10-10T14:34:51.409-04:00I appreciate your list, but I'd add Infernal D...I appreciate your list, but I'd add Infernal Devices by K. W. Jeter, Lord Kelvin's Machine by James P. Blaylock plus The List of Seven and Six Messiahs by Mark Frost. And maybe also my personal favorite - The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. Best wishes, t.Josefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03239766638270598056noreply@blogger.com