I'm with you on the not quite getting steampunk. I was also not thrilled with Steampunk Month from tor.com. But, you know, I lived. As I've never read something by Cherie Priest (yes, I know, you are shocked and outraged) I doubt this will be where I start.
I'm horrible about poll voting, btw, but wanted to say I very much like your reviews even though I often only skim the summary bits. It's great to have your thoughts on books that area already on my radar, and to know which ones to put there or keep there. And stuff.
And yes, I still need to update my reading list for the year. And put it somewhere that doesn't glitch and put up an error message when people try to view it. *sigh* The hardships I endure. :)
I'd start with the Eden Moore books, which the first book is FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS. You'll be particularly engaged because the setting is in Chattanooga, TN. :)
I was frustrated with Zeke, too. He acted very young for his age (I think he was supposed to be 15) and some of the things he said or the way he acted was incongruous with what I thought more plausible for a 15-year old.
I've always thought steampunk was just fiction based during the Industrial Revolution (here is where the "steam" from the title comes from), or as a lot of people say, Victorian England, but not necessarily in England... Just in the mid to late 19th century. That being said, Tor.com had a very poignant article about why that aspect of the alternate history inherent in the definition of the genre makes it more likely we should get more multicultural steampunk novels and stories rather than what we're being swamped with: stories set in Victorian England.
I don't understand why it's been limited, there's so much potential there to be unleashed! It's the steam-powered technology that makes the genre so fascinating. Combine that with different countries and alternate history and it becomes phenomenal. :)
Yeah, as I mentioned in one of my other comments, I think my interest in steampunk will increase if it's part of other cultures, because Victorian England just doesn't interest me all that much. :)
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Yes, the Eden Moore books are a MUST.
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I'm horrible about poll voting, btw, but wanted to say I very much like your reviews even though I often only skim the summary bits. It's great to have your thoughts on books that area already on my radar, and to know which ones to put there or keep there. And stuff.
And yes, I still need to update my reading list for the year. And put it somewhere that doesn't glitch and put up an error message when people try to view it. *sigh* The hardships I endure. :)
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I'd start with the Eden Moore books, which the first book is FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS. You'll be particularly engaged because the setting is in Chattanooga, TN. :)
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I've always thought steampunk was just fiction based during the Industrial Revolution (here is where the "steam" from the title comes from), or as a lot of people say, Victorian England, but not necessarily in England... Just in the mid to late 19th century. That being said, Tor.com had a very poignant article about why that aspect of the alternate history inherent in the definition of the genre makes it more likely we should get more multicultural steampunk novels and stories rather than what we're being swamped with: stories set in Victorian England.
I don't understand why it's been limited, there's so much potential there to be unleashed! It's the steam-powered technology that makes the genre so fascinating. Combine that with different countries and alternate history and it becomes phenomenal. :)
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