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meganbmoore ([personal profile] meganbmoore) wrote2008-03-03 07:29 pm
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Steampunk?

 Watching Last Exile made me realize that, though I dislike most mecha, I like most steampunk that I've encountered(I think Steamboy is the only exception, off the top of my head...there are likely others if I think about it, though...I just try not to dwell on things I don't care for) but don't seem to run across it a lot, even though I know there's a lot out there..

Anyone want to rec me steampunk or gaslight romances, be they anime, manga or books?  (And tell me if it's available in the US) 

ETA:  wikipedia's page on steampunk 

ETA 2: [profile] crumpeteerhas posted very, very brief descriptions of the various "punk" genres here.
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[personal profile] chomiji 2008-03-04 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)


Don't forget the Martha Wells stuff!



And some have called Swordpoint (and presumably the better of its two sequels, The Privilege of the Sword, as well>) "Mannerpunk" (as in "Comedy of Manners").



And did you ever read the children's books by Joan Aiken that start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase? By the time you get to the third book or so, they're showing steampunk-ish characteristics, and they're definitely early gaslight. (And one of my childhood heroines, Dido Twite, shows up in the second book.)

[identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com 2008-03-04 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I have the Wells trilogy, but I'm waiting until I get ahold of a copy of Death of the Necromancer to read it.

I haven't tracked down the Hodge books yet.