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Old 02-03-2011, 04:19 PM   #31
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Thanks for this!

I really liked her first book series - which I bought in paper format - and I'll probably buy her new book as well. I like YA novels, but I don't read them very often.
It's set in the same "universe" as Mortal Instruments, but in a different period. I think a new book from the Mortal Intruments series is set to be released this year, too, in March I believe.
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Old 02-03-2011, 04:28 PM   #32
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It's set in the same "universe" as Mortal Instruments, but in a different period. I think a new book from the Mortal Intruments series is set to be released this year, too, in March I believe.
I'll have to google that - a new book about Clary would be pretty awesome! Thanks for the heads up!
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Old 02-03-2011, 06:28 PM   #33
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If you're just testing the waters, I recommend the Steampunk anthology by Vandermeer. It's a very diverse collection of short stories in different steampunk styles across the last 120 years or so.
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Old 02-03-2011, 07:34 PM   #34
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The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt (It has a sequel)
The Affinity Bridge by George Mann (but it has zombies)
I second the Stephen Hunt books. If you like Philip Pullman, then Hunt is similar. There are four books in the Jackelian series now. The fifth releases in a few months, and the sixth is in process. Just a note that in the US you'll have to resort to pbooks (geographic restrictions on the ebooks, unfortunately).
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Old 02-03-2011, 11:44 PM   #35
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Old 02-03-2011, 11:45 PM   #36
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I think I'll try Gibson, and Powers first. Aurorarama sounds interesting, but the price is on the edge of what I'll pay for an eBook.
Thanks again for all the input.
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Old 02-04-2011, 12:17 PM   #37
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Fbone, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
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Old 02-05-2011, 10:55 AM   #38
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What is steampunk?
As near as I can tell, it's some sort of speculative fiction with an odd mix of old technology and modern sensibilities and plotlines. There is often a Victorian feel added to the mix but I don't personally consider it essential to be considered generically 'Steampunk'. It's one of those things where I know it when I encounter it!

I don't think it has a firm definition, and this is illustrated by the wide variety of suggested titles in this thread. It is entirely possible that you have read "SteamPunk" without realizing it.

It's often either very dark or campy in nature. I don't recall many Steampunk stories that I've read that were not clearly one or the other though I guess it could be. I think of it as a sort of alternate universe type science fiction where the various threads of technology and culture have developed at different speeds in relation to each other and differently from our curently percieved universe (yet in an oddly parallel manner). I think it's obvious that an author could produce fiction that is 'sorta steampunk', and 'sorta not', depending on the level of deviance from our own universe.

Not a lot of magic or elves in Steampunk.

I'm not a super big fan of pure steampunk, but I enjoy it when it's well done.
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Old 02-05-2011, 03:59 PM   #39
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Old 02-05-2011, 07:13 PM   #40
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A couple of the comments after the article described steampunk in simple terms.

Thanks, Glen for your thoughts. I was unfamiliar with the term "steampunk" and what was included in it's genre.
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Old 02-05-2011, 10:01 PM   #41
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I had no idea Tim Powers' Anubis Gates would be classed as steampunk. Great book but it seemed like pure fantasy with a tiny dash of history to me.
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Old 02-19-2011, 07:06 AM   #43
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NICE!!!

You could also check out "The Horn of Ruin", "Ghosts of Manhattan", and "The Buntline Special"

I'm still working through Ruin, but Ghosts of Manhattan is steampunk batman. And Buntline Special is a weird west steampunk retelling of the showdown at the OK corral.
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