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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[timcharmorbien.livejournal.com]

Heh, most of my sources are gaming sites, but William Gibson (of cyberpunk fame) wrote a really good steampunk novel titled "The Difference Engine". Like many stories in the cyberpunk genre, it centers around stolen data, but instead of a chip or data crystal it's a box of keypunch cards - - it's a very interesting take. :)

The best RPG example I can come up with is 'Castle Falkenstein', which is a fantasy/steam power Victorian era alternate earth - - I think the dwarves invented steampower, but I'm hazy on details.

As far as alternate history goes, Harry Hamlin has written more alternate history than one can handily shake a stick at, though that's the only name my tired brain can spit out right now - - I'll have to check the info JLS posted on that! :)