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Tag Archives: Steampunk
What Is Steampunk? (France)
Steampunk is retrofuturism, adventures told today in the guise of yesterday’s science fiction. Here’s what French science fiction was a century ago. I love the whimsy of it. More here.
What Is Steampunk? (Clocksprung Horses)
It’s like The Atlantic is reading City of the Saints.
What Is Steampunk? (Song)
I wrote a song for the first Salt City Steamfest, and performed it at the late night pajama party. Here’s the lyric: Letter from the Red Planet Dear Mama, I’m having fun Underneath a pinprick sun Pith helmet and a … Continue reading
Revisions!
Sitting down to revise City of the Saints. I get comments from the Story Monkeys weekly and revise as I go from the beginning of writing, so I never feel like my “rough” draft is really, really dire, but I … Continue reading
What Is Steampunk? (City of the Saints: Edgar Allan Poe)
Another illustration from Jeff:
What Is Steampunk? (City of the Saints: Sam Clemens)
As of today, I am 65% through the first draft of City of the Saints, my gonzo steampunk action romp set in the year 1859 in the Kingdom of Deseret. My tentative plan, though things may change, is to publish … Continue reading
Steampunk Hits the Smithsonian
Steampunk is in its quintessence Victorian, and so is usually set in England or in pseudo-Englands. But America had a Victorian Age, too. What might American Steampunk look like? The Smithsonian is now running an exhibit that might give us … Continue reading
What Is Steampunk? (Bartitsu again)
Bartitsu (Baritsu?) is in the news again. Or at least on a blog. Apparently, you can take classes.
