A few, well, actually eleven years ago I started noodling around with a #writing project that resulted in a #steampunk novel I finally self-published recently. It also has facets of #NaturalHistory #Entomology #Whisky #Solarpunk (maybe? I'm not sure.) #ScienceFiction #AlternativeReality with a dash of #LGBTQ content just for fun. Check it out if you're interested. Boosts appreciated!
https://www.amazon.com/Beetle-Shiny-Blue-Brack-Adventure-ebook/dp/B0D8CGTXMR/
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Lovely steampunk people here. Or kiwis in general. Has anyone been to the Steampunk NZ Festival in Oamaru? And if so, does one have to be equipped with goggles, a blunderbuss and an airship to attend, or can one pop by wearing regular duds?
Jürgen Hubert commented on Castle Falkenstein by Michael Alyn Pondsmith
Most #Steampunk #ttrpg settings have the problem that they tend to gloss over the evils of Imperialism and Colonialism. #CastleFalkenstein fares better than most, since it portrays Imperialism as something that ought to be opposed more often than not. It is perhaps unfortunate that the point-of-view protagonist is a white male 20th century American, but it should not be too hard to include other characters.
Still, I don't particularly care for the Castle Falkenstein rules systems, and I'm not sure what I'd use it instead. Yes, there was a #GURPS version published for it (which I recommend as a generic "World Guide" even if you don't use the rules, as well as the supplement Castle Falkenstein - The Ottoman Empire), but they'd need to be updated for 4E...
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Think of #steampunk, a subculture that wove together artists, makers, costumers, fiction writers, and tinkerers in endlessly creative ways. My old pal #RogerWood was the world's most improbable steampunk: he was a gay ex-navy gunner who grew up in a small town in the maritimes but moved to Toronto where he became the world's most accomplished steampunk clockmaker.
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#Steampunk picks of the day:
➡️ @steampunk - Steampunk news, live events, cosplay guides, fiction, RPGs etc.
➡️ @VerinEmpire - Steampunk / Fantasy / Gaslamp writer, author of the Verin Empire books set in a fictional fantasy world with Victorian-style technology.
➡️ @KeithDEdinburgh - Author of scenarios and adventures for tabletop RPGs often set in Scotland. Currently working on TTRPG The Aether Throne, featuring a pulp steampunk setting.
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JESSSS! Olen saanut vihdoin luvan paljastaa hienon jutun, jonka päällä olen istunut viime syksystä lähtien. Lukijoiden rakastamasta Gigi ja Henry-sarjastani tehdään e-kirjat! Ensimmäinen osa Kerjäläisprinsessa julkaistaan (myös äänikirjana!) ihan just, eli 25.1. Äänikirjan lukee Susanna Hyvärinen.
Tämä on sellainen juttu, josta lukijat on moneen kertaan kyselleet ja jota on paljon toivottu. ❤️ Eespäin, ihmissudet! Kohti UMBRROVIAAAA!!! 🐺
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#10yrsago Jaunty, Xmassy #steampunk assemblage clock sculpture https://memex.craphound.com/2013/12/21/jaunty-xmassy-steampunk-assemblage-clock-sculpture/
#10yrsago Royal Society appoints a #Wikipedian-in-Residence https://wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/royal-society-appoints-wikimedian-in-residence/
#10yrsago Prisoner on literary censorship in #GuantanamoBay https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2013/12/why-russell-brand-banned-gitmo
#5yrsago Syracuse cops falsely accuse man of rectal dope-stashing and take him to hospital for nonconsensual anal probe; now he must pay $4600 for the procedure https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2018/12/syracuse-cops-push-st-joes-to-probe-mans-rectum-for-drugs-what-country-are-we-living-in.html
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Rome did not fall to barbarian hordes, civil war, or treachery. It was vampires.
If a steampunk western with gothic horror elements sounds promising, then you'll want to check out:
📚 THE ART OF #DARKWATCH
Learn more here:
👉 https://thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-art-of-darkwatch
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This week I've been mainly reading, No. 94.
I've been rather disappointed by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine (1990/2011), which while presenting an immersive depiction of a world in which Babbage's 'computer' had become an equivalent of later computing (both influenced by early #SteamPunk fiction & going on to influence later books), sacrifices plot for atmosphere; the plot such as it is really not much & offers no real pay-off. Sadly, style over substance!
Indie review! OverLondon by George Penney & Tony Johnson:
"One of the most hilarious novels I have ever read. I love the quirky British humor, and the mix of politics, religion, crimes, science, pirates with steampunk, adventure and a suspenseful mystery."
https://www.queerscifi.com/review-overlondon-george-penney-tony-johnson/
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The marvelous Lisabet Sarai is my blog guest today with a steamy excerpt you won't want to miss!
Just released, the complete Toymakers Guild Series in a boxed set! #Amazon #KindleUnlimited #Erotica #Steampunk #writingcommunity @smutstodon @bookstodon #MFRWAuthors
The Toymakers Guild: The Complete Series - Steampunk - Menage - AltHistory - Adult https://tinadonahuebooks.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-toymakers-guild-complete-series.html #Steampunk #Menage #AltHistory #Adult #MFRWAuthors @bookstodon
#SCIENCEFICTION & #FANTASY
MULTIPLIER!
125+ #Books & #Boxsets
Over 50 #IndieAuthor
So. Many. Subgenres! 👀
Got a little time? #BrowseThe Shelf
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LAST WEEK! 💗
MASSIVE #Fantasy & #SciFi Feature! 😲 A virtual bookshelf of 260 #SFF #Books ! 😍 📚
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Almost Every Subgenre is Here! 👀
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#AmReading Wasteland by Oliver Franklin-Wallis — it’s a very fine work of investigative journalism which I unfortunately found brutally depressing (especially after reading a relatively similar book some twenty years ago; things, dear reader, are worse). But it gave me a few lighter moments.
One is that incinerators were originally called destructors, and there’s something very steampunk about an 1870s steam-tram powered by the local destructor.
Flipping from steampunk to apocalyptic SF, the potential warning for nuclear waste: “This place is not a place of honour”. Like, you just know tomb raiders 10,000 years in the future are going to instantly start digging for treasure when they read the full warning. (Not to mention the glowing cat idea).