Steampunk recommendations

[Professor Zoom]

Hey everyone,

I'm becoming curious about steampunk. Any recommendations?

thanks

 

[Goliath]

The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. A key steampunk work.

 

[Theonethatis]

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Also Dreadnought by Cherie Priest.

Boneshaker is Steampunk with zombies and maybe one of the coolest books ever.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Lord Kelvin's Machine by James Blaylock. The first Steampunk I ever read, when it was serialized in... uh... Asimov's? Analog?... back in the 80s.

Also, the latest issue of Locus (September) has some articles about Steampunk. I just picked it up today, so I haven't read it yet.

 

[Professor Zoom]

thanks everyone!

 

[DigificWriter]

I would consider Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials novel trilogy to be Steampunk. Don't let the film version of the first book in the series, The Golden Compass - directed by Chris Weiz - dissuade you from reading the novels, because they're a lot better than the film version.

Clive Cussler (and Justin Scott)'s Isaac Bell novels (The Chase, The Wrecker, and The Spy) also fit the genre.

 

[Professor Zoom]

I would consider Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials novel trilogy to be Steampunk. Don't let the film version of the first book in the series, The Golden Compass - directed by Chris Weiz - dissuade you from reading the novels, because they're a lot better than the film version.

I've read those. And I guess they would be steampunkish. I have to say though, I didn't much care for them. Liked the first book, but by the end of the series I was pretty disappointed.

 

[DigificWriter]

^ Hmm. To each their own. I thought they were great.

I'd definitely read the Isaac Bell novels if I were you (I just finished The Chase, and am currently reading The Wrecker).

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Steam Trek

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

Steamboy, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo

English dub has Sir Patrick Stewart...

 

[FordSVT]

This is my steampunk recommendation for the day. Enjoy.

 

[Greg Cox]

FYI: CASTLE is doing a steampunk-themed episode tonight.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I would consider Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials novel trilogy to be Steampunk. Don't let the film version of the first book in the series, The Golden Compass - directed by Chris Weiz - dissuade you from reading the novels, because they're a lot better than the film version.

I've read those. And I guess they would be steampunkish. I have to say though, I didn't much care for them. Liked the first book, but by the end of the series I was pretty disappointed.

Yeah, same here. Really liked the first book, but it's as if Philip Pullman created awesome characters but didn't really know where to take them, and by the 3rd book, it loses steam, no pun intended. Major characters just sort of disappear.

Oh, here's something for fun. What if the Ghostbusters had been set in the Victorian era?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBs_ixR0Z68