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    Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"

    Concept Art That Will Make You See Steampunk Anew

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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    05:19 PM

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    I enjoyed this book. Easy read, great story environment all the makings of a good rpg.
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    02:39 PM

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    Boarders had this for half price the day before Thxgiving. I picked it up along with Santa Olivia. I'll probably get to it after the next book club meeting.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    02:25 PM

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    I will now do my dance of joy!
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    01:15 PM

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    I loved this book. Scott Westerfeld is awesome -- if you haven't read his Uglies series, try that as well.

    One of my favorite things about Leviathan (after the freaking awesome warships) is the utter lack of romance, which is particularly hard to find in young adult novels. There is a tiny hint at attraction between Deryn and Alek, but I find it refreshing that both characters clearly have more important things to do than worry about crushes. Westerfeld is also particularly good at writing strong female protagonists who are not schmoopy romantics or damsels in distress.
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    02:39 PM

    @bookling: He is one of the few male writers who can do the female perspective justice, IMO.
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    10:07 PM

    @EndangeredRed: Agreed. Some male YA writers are astoundingly bad -- like Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why. The parts written from the perspective of the girl were painful. Why that book has gotten so much praise is beyond me.
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    01:14 PM

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    here's the trailer:
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    01:10 PM

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    Am I mistaken, or was this presented in podcast format a few months back? I remember listening to a few episodes of something called The Leviathan Chronicles, and submarines formed a large plot-point. It also took place in a Steampunk-type world.

    Of course, this could be mere coincidence, but I know that the podcast existed.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    01:07 PM

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    I've just started this book. So far it's grabbed my interest and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. I truly love sci-fi/historical mash-ups.
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    01:07 PM

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    Damn damn, double damn. :( I want to read this one but can't buy any more books for the rest of the year and the library here won't have anything this new or cool.
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Concept Art That Will Make You See Steampunk Anew
    I'm confused here - not being swarmy - but is Robotech considered steampunk? That's what #30 looks like (for example) and to me I don't see that as "steampunk". When I think steampunk, I think Space 1889. Steampunk to me has always been a case of "What if the future happened in the past". But I am no expert.... am I wrong? #steampunk
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Concept Art That Will Make You See Steampunk Anew
    Damn, Guild Wars is all over this post.

    Hint: GW ain't Steampunk.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    10/14/09

    @dissenter: There are three GW images... And a lot of people have commented on steampunk elements creeping in: [brassgoggles.co.uk] But I freely admit I'm not an expert. I did think the "crab fort" was very steampunk though.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Concept Art That Will Make You See Steampunk Anew
    Can we get these as wallpapers anywhere?
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    10/14/09

    @PantheaMover: The links all lead to the artist's sites, where the highest resolution images are to be found. Not sure if any of them are wallpaper quality tho.
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    10/21/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: I don't know about any of the other artists, but I have a section specifically set up for wallpapers of mine. #steampunk
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    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    10/14/09

    In reply to Concept Art That Will Make You See Steampunk Anew
    I'm tired of seeing Steampunk anew. I'm tired of dirty mechanical-looking crap, dystopian settings, fetish girls in goggles, ugly-looking computer casemods and all the rest of fresh, new Steampunk garbage.

    I actually miss when Steampunk was stylish and Victorian and was richly textured in settings that evoked the romance and dangers of both our technological progress and historical traditions. I miss Jules Verne and Georges Melies and Walt Disney and Karel Zeman. Damnit, I'm even wistful for the Wild Wild West movie, which at least LOOKED good.

    Now get off my damn lawn!
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Concept Art That Will Make You See Steampunk Anew
    Being mechanical doesn't make it steampunk.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Concept Art That Will Make You See Steampunk Anew
    That Heavy Metal War of the Worlds movie looks awesome! Follow the link and check out the trailer.
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    10/14/09

    @Anekanta: huh? link where?
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    10/14/09

    @sicboi: In the sidebar text for image 30 and beyond. Here's the link, to save time: [www.heavymetalmagazinefanpage.com]
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    10/15/09

    @Anekanta: cool thanks #steampunk
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Concept Art That Will Make You See Steampunk Anew
    I actually really like a lot of these. I'm no fan of steam-punk androids and robotics, but I'm a big fan of some of those walker-tanks, and I absolutely love the steam-lift ships: they specifically remind me a lot of the anime series Last Exile, which I thought was spectacular.

    Some of the images are really really cool though, my only issue with Steampunk is that it tends to focus so heavily on Victorian and Edwardian culture and time-reference that it almost ignores the rest of the world. I'd love to see some creative people come up with what a Steampunk Asia or Africa or South America would have been like - or by extension, would be like now.
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    10/14/09

    @phoenix: Have you read Jaymee Goh's recent posts on tor.com? All about that, I'm quite in agreement.
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    10/14/09

    @Grey_Area: I hadn't until you pointed this out - wow! Talk about exactly what was on my mind! Just digging in, thanks for pointing me in this direction.
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    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    10/14/09

    @phoenix: Try checking out some Steampunk anime... [voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.com]

    Interestingly, in terms of looks, what you would see in something like Sakura Wars isn't substantively different from what you would see in something like Wild Wild West. The difference is context, which is fascinating enough in it's own right.

    One of the problems with exploring Steampunk in non-Euro-American cultures (Meiji! Qing! Tanzimat!) is that unless it's actualy done BY people from those cultures, it's just cultural apropriation... More white people's Orientalism. It would require getting more non-white, non-European people interested in it, which is not the sort of thing you can force.
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