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Old 01-23-2016, 11:52 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by fantasyfan View Post
I love the alternate Steampunk Oxford and Lyra is one of my favourite characters in fantasy literature.
I loved the steampunk feeling too, although there seem to be some oddities - taking a zeppelin from Oxford to London, and then a boat ride across the Thames to a block of flats on the Embankment

I wish she had taken a ride on the Chthonic Railway (the Underground).

There were obviously internal combustion engines (the canal boats and airships), but no indication of motor vehicles; were the cabs horse-drawn?
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