tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post7347550889840286127..comments2024-03-20T03:12:56.498-05:00Comments on Lou Anders: The Age of SteampunkLou Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-50329167464173098612007-09-14T14:40:00.000-05:002007-09-14T14:40:00.000-05:00Ah, George Mann jumps in:http://georgemann.wordpre...Ah, George Mann jumps in:<BR/><BR/>http://georgemann.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/the-life-and-death-of-sub-genre/Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-48730673893614368962007-09-13T07:07:00.000-05:002007-09-13T07:07:00.000-05:00Well, if Wired said it....Justin, let me wait till...Well, if <I>Wired</I> said it....<BR/><BR/>Justin, let me wait till it's up.Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-65710078163302449722007-09-13T04:32:00.000-05:002007-09-13T04:32:00.000-05:00According to Wired, "Steampunk is so in."According to <I>Wired</I>, <A HREF="http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/multimedia/2007/08/mf_penny_ss?slide=2&slideView=2" REL="nofollow">"Steampunk is so in."</A>Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799259633965559067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-40248438925267402042007-09-12T21:15:00.000-05:002007-09-12T21:15:00.000-05:00An edifying experience for everyone! Online discus...An edifying experience for everyone! <BR/><BR/>Online discussion -- very interesting, sir. With your mellifluous vocalicizing, or a chat type thing? If, of course, it's not ruining the surprise. Sounds good.justinistiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006738914565690186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-408935110163417542007-09-12T20:33:00.000-05:002007-09-12T20:33:00.000-05:00I have been asked to take part in an online discus...I have been asked to take part in an online discussion of the book, about which more when it's up.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, realized Steve Jackson's GURPS has a Steampunk suppliment that apparently looms large in the canon, that "Weird West" is a subgenre of Steampunk, and that Joe Lansdale's been there too. My fascination grows.Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-38309010781698459102007-09-12T20:01:00.000-05:002007-09-12T20:01:00.000-05:00RE: Spook Country -- We getting a Nu Lou Revu? It'...RE: Spook Country -- We getting a Nu Lou Revu? It's still on my Amazon wish list--is that something I'm allowed to say and retain dignity for very long?<BR/><BR/>RE: reading opportunity -- color me jealous. I was supposed to be reading on a boat on a lake right now.justinistiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006738914565690186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-88179023154608620532007-09-12T09:14:00.000-05:002007-09-12T09:14:00.000-05:00Excellent. I just renewed my subscription yesterda...Excellent. I just renewed my subscription yesterday! Meanwhile, I just arrived in Starbucks. If I'd seen this 30 minutes ago, I'd have snagged some Interzones to bring along. I just finished SPOOK COUNTRY yesterday and don't want to start the next manuscript in the submission pile today because I'm expecting Resnick's STALKING THE VAMPIRE manuscript tonight or tomorrow, so I have a rare reading opportunity. (No, SPOOK COUNTRY isn't submission reading - but Gibson is the one "drop everything" author for me. I think it's too important generally not to read early.)Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-43177115457636139882007-09-12T08:18:00.000-05:002007-09-12T08:18:00.000-05:00Interzone - I'm in 204, 206 and 210. 204 and 210 a...Interzone - I'm in 204, 206 and 210. 204 and 210 are the most steampunky, but I have to say that my favorite most steampunk story is in 212, which shipped out yesterday. We'll see it in the US sometime this month.Tim Akershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01749644135364065658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-61495879967157461292007-09-11T20:57:00.000-05:002007-09-11T20:57:00.000-05:00I haven't read THE LIGHT AGES, but it certainly se...I haven't read THE LIGHT AGES, but it certainly seems Steampuny. And doesn't Elizabeth Bear's NEW AMSTERDAM qualify? <BR/><BR/>I also realized I neglected to mention Moorcock's Count Bastable series, and the book he has coming up from us - The Metatemporal Detective - definitely qualifies too.Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-15442647463199256752007-09-11T20:24:00.000-05:002007-09-11T20:24:00.000-05:00I was thinking about this for a moment. Is steampu...I was thinking about this for a moment. Is steampunk a boys-with-tooys subgenre, or do girls play too? I can't really think of much in the way of steampunk written by women, though I might just be having a brainblip.Jonathan Strahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268112867070041676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-24807495837604072262007-09-11T20:19:00.000-05:002007-09-11T20:19:00.000-05:00Would you consider Ian MacLeod's The Light Ages st...Would you consider Ian MacLeod's The Light Ages steampunk? It has some of a steampunkish feel to it.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-71583735179503855832007-09-11T19:16:00.000-05:002007-09-11T19:16:00.000-05:00Tim, I've got the last year of Interzone. What sho...Tim, I've got the last year of Interzone. What should I read?<BR/><BR/>Jonathan - I did reference Powers, though I think of something like Anubis Gates as "secret history" rather than steampunk. I know it can be a fine line.Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-83125667410674343262007-09-11T16:53:00.000-05:002007-09-11T16:53:00.000-05:00You'd need to include some of the works of Powers ...You'd need to include some of the works of Powers and Blaylock, if you're talking Steampunk, I think. Blaylock's Lord Kelvin's Machine and Homunculus are steampunk, and maybe something like Anubis Gates. <BR/><BR/>As to where it is and what's up withit: I think the VanderMeer retrospective may turn out to be early. It seems to me steampunk is really only just beginning now.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455441827381312535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-55447202928614279572007-09-11T16:36:00.000-05:002007-09-11T16:36:00.000-05:00I'm going to be a pimp and point to...pretty much ...I'm going to be a pimp and point to...pretty much everything of mine Interzone has published. So yeah. Hope it's on the rise.Tim Akershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01749644135364065658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-34837668690655787742007-09-11T13:59:00.000-05:002007-09-11T13:59:00.000-05:00My apologies for leaving that out, especially sinc...My apologies for leaving that out, especially since MAINSPRING is looming large on my radar, and I do recall hearing (or overhearing) this at the SFWJ party in Japan. Having not read it yet, I don't know whether to include it in the steampunk canon or not, though it seems to sit more to me in whatever canon Richard Garfinkle's CELESTIAL MATTERS fits in. Clockpunk works by me, as does Gonzo Brilliant Books That Do Good Things with Absurd Cosmologies.Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-10761370415963363242007-09-11T13:53:00.000-05:002007-09-11T13:53:00.000-05:00Nicely commented. I will immodestly point out tha...Nicely commented. I will immodestly point out that some people consider MAINSPRING steampunk (or clockpunk, which is a subset of steampunk).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497170981750367270noreply@blogger.com