steam-punkiness

[anotheranon]

What happens when you cross a Victorian steam engine with the U.S.S. Enterprise: Steam Trek. I'm not a participant, just intrigued by the visual landscape - nuts and bolts AND light speed!

Obligatory costume geeking: think of the costumes! Light up bustles, pinstripe suits made out of futuristic fabrics!

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Randall Garrett for sure, but he died too young and so there isn't much; just one novel and two volumes of short stories in the Lord Darcy series ("Lord Darcy Investigates", "Murder and Magic", and "Too Many Magicians" [novel]). Stephen Fry's "Making History", while not Victoriana, still has some interesting social differences (and I think there were some technological ones too) caused by the non-existence of Hitler. The only other thing that comes immediately to mind is an Andre Norton juvenile about a temporal police force moving between parallel dimensions (I can't remember the title 'cause THAT was LONG time ago, but I DO remember the Victorian-style clothing that was in very NON-Victorian colours and patterns due to historical differences). When searching for this type of fiction in a library, I believe the subject heading is "Alternate history" or something similar ... I'll look that up and post it.