Corsets, automatons & words like cladistics - a steampunk conversation

[kellyrfineman]

Hellooooooo!!!

There's a rumbling of animatronic tom-toms afoot on the interweb that is related to steampunk books - which includes Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore, of course, because of Jackie's automaton - and it MUST be true because her book is listed in the SLJ article on Steampunk that came out on December 1st (even though I didn't

Comments

tanita says:

[anonymous]

YES. If it's shiny, invite it to the party. That's the thing that makes it fun. And this conversation is lots of fun! Thanks for letting us eavesdrop.

Re: tanita says:

[kellyrfineman]

I'm glad you enjoyed it - I know I did!

[kellyrfineman]

There's a lid for every pot, as my ex-husband was fond of saying, and I think it applies to books as well as people.

[jessica_shea]

Fantastic discussion, ladies! I so admire writers who can create these fascinatingly detailed alt-history worlds.

[kellyrfineman]

Me too - I so love reading fantasy (and I put most alt-history in that category), but I've yet to come up with a solid idea to write about!

[shveta_thakrar]

I'm a bit late to the party here, but excellent discussion! Thanks for hosting it, Kelly. :)

Also, since people were mentioning wanting multicultural stuff, I wanted to give a shout-out to this anthology, coming out later this month: Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories.

[kellyrfineman]

Ooh - thanks for the heads up on the new anthology. It sounds like it's an adult collection, and not YA - is that correct?

[shveta_thakrar]

Yes. I would love to see a YA version at some point, though!