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Jordan Dennis · 13 May 2008, 19:56
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From: jordanden at gmail.com (Jordan Dennis) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:56:16 -0400 Subject: (urth) Steampunk books Message-ID: <6d9d379a0805131256t1988e1a1u57499d1f7642a30f at mail.gmail.com> If I could point out some really decent steampunk materials. - I've always really enjoyed the short story "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Michael Swanwick. It's a fun far-future steampunk story. You can read it online at http://www.asimovs.com/Nebulas03/bowwow.shtml. - Karl Schroeder has a Victorianesque society in his book Sun of Suns. It's a very fun read. I have it as a legal, free download from the tor.com e-book giveaway. If anyone would like to read it, e-mail me and I'll forward the e-mail to you. - A recent steampunk adventure novel is Whitechapel Gods by S.M. Peters. It's a fun urban fantasy read. - I'm currently reading The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist. It's really long and dense, but he has such a fun writing voice its hard to put down. Also, from the cinema side, I think The City of Lost Children is one of the better steampunk movies. Cheers! On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:08 PM, <urth-request at lists.urth.net> wrote: > Send Urth mailing list submissions to > urth at lists.urth.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.urth.net/listinfo.cgi/urth-urth.net > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > urth-request at lists.urth.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > urth-owner at lists.urth.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Urth digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Steampunk books (Chris Laybourn) > 2. Re: Steampunk books (Lane Haygood) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:48:27 -0700 > From: Chris Laybourn <laybournchris at hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books > To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> > Message-ID: <BLU141-W1874E04F43B4FC1125EBC9BCCF0 at phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > So, apologies for the very newbie-esque question. I just finished Book of > the New Sun. Found it very challenging but very rewarding by the end. Is > "Urth of the New Sun" now required reading for me? > > Also - Is there a consensus on what Wolfe's best non-New Sun work is? > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:38:33 -0700> From: danldo at gmail.com> To: > urth at lists.urth.net> Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books> > Yes, very much > so.> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Chris Laybourn> < > laybournchris at hotmail.com> wrote:> >> > So that disaster of a Will Smith > film "Wild Wild West" had elements of> > steampunk? Thanks> >> > > Date: > Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:24 -0400> >> > > From: k.benton at gmail.com> > > To: > urth at lists.urth.net> >> > > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books> > >> > > > It's basically a sort of homage to Jules Verne, et al in my mind.> > >> > > > Steampunk fiction tends to anachronisms featuring steam power,> > > > clockwork, and other Victorian-era technology (and frequently societal> > > > elements) providing the impetus for machines and devices that are> > > > firmly in the realm of science fiction (giant walking weapons> > > > platforms, for example, as in the anime Steamboy).> > >> > > That > 's my quick 2 cent synopsis, anyway ;)> > >> > > -k> > >> > > On Tue, May > 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Chris Laybourn> > > <laybournchris at hotmail.com> > wrote:> > > >> > > > Sorry, I'm a little new. Can someone fill me in on > "steampunk?"> > > >> > > > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:30:24 -0400> > > > > > From: k.benton at gmail.com> > > > > To: urth at lists.urth.net> > > > > CC: > urth at urth.net> > > > > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books> > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > > > I'll second the rec. for MAINSPRING. I'm not a steampunk > aficionado> > > > > by any stretch, but I quite enjoyed Lake's style and > unexpectedly> > > > > twisting story. Quite cool.> > > > >> > > > > -k> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Nicholas > Gevers> > <vermoulian at yahoo.com>> > > > wrote:> > > > > > In addition to > the VanderMeer Steampunk reprint> > > > > > anthology already mentioned in > the current discussion,> > > > > > I myself have an original steampunk > anthology coming> > > > > > out from S > olaris in October: EXTRAORDINARY ENGINES.> > > > > > All new stories from > Kage Baker, Keith Brooke, Jeffrey> > > > > > Ford, James Morrow, Ian R. > MacLeod, Robert Reed, Jay> > > > > > Lake, Adam Roberts, Marly Youmans, Jeff > VanderMeer,> > > > > > Margo Lanagan, and James Lovegrove.> > > > > >> > > > > > > For Wolfe fans, I'd recommend Jay Lake's steampunk> > > > > > novel > MAINSPRING--he's a big Wolfe admirer, and there> > > > > > are certainly > Wolfean echoes in the book.> > > > > >> > > > > > Another steampunk epic > worth reading is Brian> > > > > > Stableford's Werewolves of London > trilogy--lots of> > > > > > metaphysics.> > > > > >> > > > > > --Nick > Gevers.> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________________> > > > > > Sent > from Yahoo! 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Start> > sharing.> > > _______________________________________________> > Urth Mailing List> > To > post, write urth at urth.net> > Subscription/information: h > ttp://www.urth.net> >> > > > -- > Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, > bon vivant> -----> http://www.livejournal.com/users/sturgeonslawyer> > http://www.danehyoakes.com> > I once absend-mindedly ordered Three Mile > Island dressing in a> restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they > brought Thousand> Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce. -- T. > Pratchett> _______________________________________________> Urth Mailing > List> To post, write urth at urth.net> Subscription/information: > http://www.urth.net > _________________________________________________________________ > With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. > > http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_mobile_052008 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20080513/1c54a6e8/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:08:51 -0500 > From: Lane Haygood <lhaygood at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books > To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> > Message-ID: <EE775AB5-7EB6-4652-BBCB-04B14BCB103A at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; > DelSp="yes" > > I don't know if I'd say "required" but it is he only way to make sense > of what went on in the first four books. Well, as much sense as > anything ever makes. > > Lane > > On May 13, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Chris Laybourn wrote: > > > So, apologies for the very newbie-esque question. I just finished > > Book of the New Sun. Found it very challenging but very rewarding > > by the end. Is "Urth of the New Sun" now required reading for me? > > > > Also - Is there a consensus on what Wolfe's best non-New Sun work is? > > > > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:38:33 -0700 > > > From: danldo at gmail.com > > > To: urth at lists.urth.net > > > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books > > > > > > Yes, very much so. > > > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Chris Laybourn > > > <laybournchris at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > So that disaster of a Will Smith film "Wild Wild West" had > > elements of > > > > steampunk? Thanks > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:24 -0400 > > > > > > > > > From: k.benton at gmail.com > > > > > To: urth at lists.urth.net > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books > > > > > > > > > > It's basically a sort of homage to Jules Verne, et al in my > > mind. > > > > > > > > > > Steampunk fiction tends to anachronisms featuring steam power, > > > > > clockwork, and other Victorian-era technology (and frequently > > societal > > > > > elements) providing the impetus for machines and devices that > > are > > > > > firmly in the realm of science fiction (giant walking weapons > > > > > platforms, for example, as in the anime Steamboy). > > > > > > > > > > That's my quick 2 cent synopsis, anyway ;) > > > > > > > > > > -k > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Chris Laybourn > > > > > <laybournchris at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, I'm a little new. Can someone fill me in on > > "steampunk?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:30:24 -0400 > > > > > > > From: k.benton at gmail.com > > > > > > > To: urth at lists.urth.net > > > > > > > CC: urth at urth.net > > > > > > > Subject: Re: (urth) Steampunk books > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll second the rec. for MAINSPRING. I'm not a steampunk > > aficionado > > > > > > > by any stretch, but I quite enjoyed Lake's style and > > unexpectedly > > > > > > > twisting story. Quite cool. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -k > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Nicholas Gevers > > > > <vermoulian at yahoo.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > In addition to the VanderMeer Steampunk reprint > > > > > > > > anthology already mentioned in the current discussion, > > > > > > > > I myself have an original steampunk anthology coming > > > > > > > > out from Solaris in October: EXTRAORDINARY ENGINES. > > > > > > > > All new stories from Kage Baker, Keith Brooke, Jeffrey > > > > > > > > Ford, James Morrow, Ian R. MacLeod, Robert Reed, Jay > > > > > > > > Lake, Adam Roberts, Marly Youmans, Jeff VanderMeer, > > > > > > > > Margo Lanagan, and James Lovegrove. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For Wolfe fans, I'd recommend Jay Lake's steampunk > > > > > > > > novel MAINSPRING--he's a big Wolfe admirer, and there > > > > > > > > are certainly Wolfean echoes in the book. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Another steampunk epic worth reading is Brian > > > > > > > > Stableford's Werewolves of London trilogy--lots of > > > > > > > > metaphysics. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Nick Gevers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > > > > > > > > A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Urth Mailing List > > > > > > > > To post, write urth at urth.net > > > > > > > > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Urth Mailing List > > > > > > > To post, write urth at urth.net > > > > > > > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway > > friends. 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