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 Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:15 pm
So I'm getting into reading and was wondering any book I should read or any authors I should look into?
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:38 pm
Steven Brust has a pretty good series of books titled The Vlad Taltos novels.
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:38 pm
Okay, so my friend took me out to go birthday present shopping (for my birthday present). When we popped in the local Book City, we looked through the whole store. When we got to teen-fiction, we looked around (like we normally do). It turns out that Scott Westerfeld published his new book Leviathan. So far it's pretty good, I haven't finished reading it, but it is rather Anachronistic, and slightly steampunk. It's set in 1914 Europe, just before World War one. The story follows a boy, and a girl dressed as a boy through this altered World War I. It's quiet interesting.
Also, if you enjoy creepy, surreal books (I'm not even sure that that's a good way to describe them) check out Clive Barker. He has to be one of my favorite authors.
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:13 pm
cthulhu lovecraft
Though not really steampunk, I can suggest The Cloak Master Cycle.Its not exactly steampunk but Spelljammers is kinda inspired by Verne's method of traveling space.Giant wooden ships of all shapes and sizes drifting.Decent books, I've read the first two a while back.
Also Ravenloft novels, though they are not steampunk theyre not half bad.Vampire in the Mist is my favorite, since it introduces Strahd a noble vampire and powerful mage.Mordenheim is more or less a version of Dr.Frankenstien. Most darklords known in Ravenloft seem to be inspired my horror and victorian era writers.
Leviathen as mentioned above is decent, along with Boneshaker.Boneshaker is more or less aimed to those zombie lovers of steampunk.
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:05 pm
Qintisenia Okay, so my friend took me out to go birthday present shopping (for my birthday present). When we popped in the local Book City, we looked through the whole store. When we got to teen-fiction, we looked around (like we normally do). It turns out that Scott Westerfeld published his new book Leviathan. So far it's pretty good, I haven't finished reading it, but it is rather Anachronistic, and slightly steampunk. It's set in 1914 Europe, just before World War one. The story follows a boy, and a girl dressed as a boy through this altered World War I. It's quiet interesting. Also, if you enjoy creepy, surreal books (I'm not even sure that that's a good way to describe them) check out Clive Barker. He has to be one of my favorite authors. I love this book. I read it in a day.
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:06 pm
AJ Tailen Qintisenia Okay, so my friend took me out to go birthday present shopping (for my birthday present). When we popped in the local Book City, we looked through the whole store. When we got to teen-fiction, we looked around (like we normally do). It turns out that Scott Westerfeld published his new book Leviathan. So far it's pretty good, I haven't finished reading it, but it is rather Anachronistic, and slightly steampunk. It's set in 1914 Europe, just before World War one. The story follows a boy, and a girl dressed as a boy through this altered World War I. It's quiet interesting. Also, if you enjoy creepy, surreal books (I'm not even sure that that's a good way to describe them) check out Clive Barker. He has to be one of my favorite authors. I love this book. I read it in a day. I know right? It's a wonderful book. It's taking me a little time to read...but that's just because I tend not to sit down and just read, I'm in this habit of reading pitterpatter bits here and there.
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:26 pm
Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, Dracula... if you want great Victorian Literature. His Dark Materials are great books with philosophical themes mixed with battles and airships. If you want some great satirical fantasy then you should read the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett.
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:44 pm
Nathaniel Mea Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, Dracula... if you want great Victorian Literature. His Dark Materials are great books with philosophical themes mixed with battles and airships. If you want some great satirical fantasy then you should read the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett. I second the His Dark Material Triology, Dracula, Frankenstien. Discworld is full of laughs, that is all I will say.
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 2:41 pm
H. G. Wells is sometimes attributed as being the original science fiction author. Victorian fiction can be a tad difficult to read, the language is different, but anything from Wells is bound to give you a look into the culture that Steampunk is loosely based on.
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 11:15 am
Ach, no one's mentioned Perdido Street Station by China Miéville? I am disappoint.
Also, Steampunk, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer is an interesting anthology. (And I believe there's a second coming out.)
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 12:12 pm
Heaven's Bones is a wondeful book, its by Samantha Henderson. Its about a man who loses his wife and goes some what mad as he crafts the perfect 'angel' from the dead. It takes place during the 1800's and goes from America's South all the way to London.
The publisher is Wizards of the Coast, and its part of the Ravenloft series though it does not have the label.
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:17 pm
Oooh, sounds fascinating. It's okay to just jump into without reading previous books in the series, right?
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 1:13 pm
May I suggest the Hungry City Chronicles series of books by Philip Reeve. They are a sort of future steampunk after some apocalypse with mobile cities that hunt each other, airships and other nifty stuff. There are four books to the series. See the link below for more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_City_Chronicles
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 4:07 pm
Iseult Afire Oooh, sounds fascinating. It's okay to just jump into without reading previous books in the series, right? If you mean Heavens Bones, yes and its the first book of the newer Ravenloft series published in 2008 that does not connect to the other books. It is a book all its own that crosses between characters. If your into victorian style, you'll love this book as Dr. Robard drugs and cuts open prostitutes in White Chapel.
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:26 pm
Esper Ranger May I suggest the Hungry City Chronicles series of books by Philip Reeve. They are a sort of future steampunk after some apocalypse with mobile cities that hunt each other, airships and other nifty stuff. There are four books to the series. See the link below for more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_City_Chronicles I must agree with this. I finished the first one a while ago and it was pretty decent. Also, Soulless by Gail Carriger. It is by all means Steampunk and deals with werewolves and vampires. It is insanely witty and hilarious. I highly recommend it. I'm on the second one of the series, Changeless. heart
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