[QUOTE=crich70;1749076]I'm trying to work out some ideas for a Steampunk book for NaNoWriMo at the present. I found a good book at Amazon that talks about what sort of things are needed (in addition to a good story) to make it work.
Just be sure and throw in an Analytical Engine and you are set!
(read the section of Gleick's "The Information" on Babbage and Ada Loveless yesterday)