tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post5735711443559804538..comments2024-03-09T03:30:45.524-05:00Comments on Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review: Steampunk is...The Mad Hatterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135107584625716128noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-75620236672993467032011-07-08T11:02:00.436-04:002011-07-08T11:02:00.436-04:00Had no idea what it is and I'm still little co...Had no idea what it is and I'm still little confused.James Patterson Book Listhttp://mostpopularbooks.org/book-information/james-patterson-book-list/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-33009814547125122802010-11-01T18:46:25.454-04:002010-11-01T18:46:25.454-04:00Interesting that the comic strip Luann offered a d...Interesting that the comic strip Luann offered a definition last week, and I think it's as good as any: <a href="http://comics.com/luann/?DateAfter=2010-10-31&DateBefore=2010-10-31&Order=d.DateStrip+ASC&PerPage=1&x=22&y=7&Search=" rel="nofollow">http://comics.com/luann/?DateAfter=2010-10-31&DateBefore=2010-10-31&Order=d.DateStrip+ASC&PerPage=1&x=22&y=7&Search=</a>Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-56501353656387508612010-10-25T14:19:25.739-04:002010-10-25T14:19:25.739-04:00To quote myself:
"Steampunk is Science Ficti...To quote myself:<br /><br /><i>"Steampunk is Science Fiction re-imagined from a Victorian perspective."</i><br /><br />(http://tommfranklin.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-is-steampunk.html)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187755966268002612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-69931255976805329622010-10-25T13:56:56.035-04:002010-10-25T13:56:56.035-04:00'I'm well behind the times - but then that...'I'm well behind the times - but then that should be fine considering your subject - so I've missed the whole "steampunk" development.<br /><br />That said, I'm not certain it means all that much. Everything which it encompasses has already existed in sf well before the coining of the term. From Verne to the present, the blending of science fiction with the late gothic romance, has drawn generations of admirers and writers to its gaslight flame.<br /><br />Hardly surprising that both the brass-piped wonders of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and the moulding, aristocratic grave robber of Bram Stoker, could continue to coexist comfortably. Dug up by various authors and thrown together in divers incarnations.<br /><br />The steam I understand, but I remain unconvinced of the punk outside of helping to form a snappy marketing title; it doesn't seem to feature in a central way as it does in many cyberpunk novels. Dystopian visions and low-life characters aren't absent, but they don't form enough of a cognizant whole in the genre to warrant the punk being mixed with the steam beyond, in my opinion, simple word association.<br /><br />But then a rose is a rose is a rose, and what's in a name after all; this must hold true even if it's a dead one, whose petals are individually affixed by means of brass rivets to a stem wrought from hammered bronze.'<br /><br />Eric<br /><br />*this comment originally appeared <a href="http://vampchixreadbooks.blogspot.com/2010/10/guest-author-leanna-renee-heiber.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>Eric M. Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11464329371478605627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-64112681081276871412010-10-25T13:24:42.081-04:002010-10-25T13:24:42.081-04:00"A ascetic movement"...I do hope you cor..."A ascetic movement"...I do hope you correct this to "aesthetic." I can't think of many steamy folks who are eschewing the pleasures of life--in fact, quite the opposite. <br /><br />Otherwise, I enjoyed the article. :)Ydnichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484369747153386375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-6109797655597314762010-10-25T11:03:30.327-04:002010-10-25T11:03:30.327-04:00I'm a little bemused why people call Wells or ...I'm a little bemused why people call Wells or Verne (not "Vern") steampunk. <br /><br />What, exactly, differentiates Wells and Verne from ordinary 19th century science fiction? Why are they steampunk and not sf?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08394246431772994958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-89231599434574497832010-10-25T10:57:14.145-04:002010-10-25T10:57:14.145-04:00>Jess Nevins definition, often miscredited to C...>Jess Nevins definition, often miscredited to Cherie Priest, may say it best: "Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown."<br /><br />That's a fantastic quote!karen wester newtonhttp://http://karen-w-newton.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-27952971144170334422010-10-25T10:41:29.374-04:002010-10-25T10:41:29.374-04:00Steampunk to me is a party where H.G. Wells chats ...Steampunk to me is a party where H.G. Wells chats with Jules Verne who’s flirting with Queen Victoria who is ignoring him and talking to Benjamin Franklin who’s looking at Ida Lovelace’s new machine and wondering if he can get it to the US without anyone looking. Meanwhile Buffalo Bill Cody is checking out Robert Fulton’s new ride and thinking about incorporating it into the show along with an aerial chase scene using DaVinci’s new glider.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VRZBKI?ie=UTF8&tag=melbroaut-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003VRZBKI" rel="nofollow">"Wild Cards and Iron Horses", Samhain Publishing</a>Sheryl Nantushttp://www.sherylnantus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-9344070329298785962010-10-25T09:56:51.056-04:002010-10-25T09:56:51.056-04:00A 'meme-du-jour'? Really? Have you read H....A 'meme-du-jour'? Really? Have you read H. G. Wells or Jules Vern?<br />Steampunk has been around a lot longer than other genres my friend, and unlike it's sibling cyberpunk, shows no signs of dying.<br />These are some excellent quotes, by a lot of interesting people.<br />Thank you.C Scott Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681085967877732728noreply@blogger.com