XP: Steampunk fiction - recommendations?

[secretlyevil]

I posted on the book board but know there are steampunk fans here so:

May 25, 2012 9:38:49 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

I finished the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger a couple of months ago. They were fun and lighthearted reads. Anyone have a recommendation that falls under the "steampunk" category?

[Daria Morgandorffer]

Can someone please explain to me what Steampunk means/is? I always feel really dumb when it's mentioned because I really have no clue. I recognize the steampunk aesthetic but don't really understand where it came from.

[wawa]

I wouldn't call it a lighthearted read - but The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.

[secretlyevil]

May 25, 2012 10:12:11 GMT -5 Daria Morgandorffer said:

Can someone please explain to me what Steampunk means/is? I always feel really dumb when it's mentioned because I really have no clue. I recognize the steampunk aesthetic but don't really understand where it came from.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

[Daria Morgandorffer]

May 25, 2012 10:48:00 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

May 25, 2012 10:12:11 GMT -5 Daria Morgandorffer said:

Can someone please explain to me what Steampunk means/is? I always feel really dumb when it's mentioned because I really have no clue. I recognize the steampunk aesthetic but don't really understand where it came from.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

Ah. I did Wiki it once but I must have landed on the steampunk fashion/design page by mistake because it didn't explain the history. Interesting.

[msmerymac]

Kady Cross. She has a series. I've only read the novella "The Strange Case of Finley Jane," which might be a kindle freebie. She has 1 or two other books out, too. It's YA, but I don't think that would bother you. Unless you're looking for steamier steampunk.

[secretlyevil]

May 25, 2012 11:41:26 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Kady Cross. She has a series. I've only read the novella "The Strange Case of Finley Jane," which might be a kindle freebie. She has 1 or two other books out, too. It's YA, but I don't think that would bother you. Unless you're looking for steamier steampunk.

Damn YA, hope I don't get banned from the new book club board.

[knittable]

The diamond age by Neal Stephenson