Comments on: Steampunk: the anthology http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 06:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-179245 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-179245 Steampunk is sooo over. It's only a matter of time before cheap Chinese steampunk home decor is available at Target. Steampunk is sooo over. It’s only a matter of time before cheap Chinese steampunk home decor is available at Target.

]]> By: Agent 86 http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-179249 Agent 86 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-179249 Woo, I actually needed this. I've read a novel (maybe two) in the genre, and the odd short story shows up in the anthologies I've read, but I don't have a very firm grasp of steampunk as a genre (as opposed to an art form). Woo, I actually needed this. I’ve read a novel (maybe two) in the genre, and the odd short story shows up in the anthologies I’ve read, but I don’t have a very firm grasp of steampunk as a genre (as opposed to an art form).

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-179280 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-179280 Xenu: to quote an intermittently brilliant thinker, all ideas start out as gnosis and end up as wallpaper. Xenu: to quote an intermittently brilliant thinker, all ideas start out as gnosis and end up as wallpaper.

]]> By: dhuff http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-179306 dhuff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-179306 Torrance @14, while Cory is certainly teh awesome, he didn't invent the term "steampunk" by a longshot. Check out some of the links on the excellent <a href="http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/" rel="nofollow">Brass Goggles</a> blog for more info, or have a go at one of the seminal Steampunk novels - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-Spectra-Special-Editions/dp/055329461X/" rel="nofollow"><i>The Difference Engine</i></a>. Torrance @14, while Cory is certainly teh awesome, he didn’t invent the term “steampunk” by a longshot.

Check out some of the links on the excellent Brass Goggles blog for more info, or have a go at one of the seminal Steampunk novels – The Difference Engine.

]]> By: John Markos O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-178795 John Markos O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-178795 I feel as though I've seen another picture that resembles that cover. I can't quite place it. I feel as though I’ve seen another picture that resembles that cover. I can’t quite place it.

]]> By: Milarepa http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-178324 Milarepa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-178324 I just can't hear (read) it anymore! Steampunk here, steampunk there.... I mean the work is awesome, bt th wrd gvs m ysr! I just can’t hear (read) it anymore! Steampunk here, steampunk there…. I mean the work is awesome, bt th wrd gvs m ysr!

]]> By: mkl http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-184749 mkl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-184749 The cover IS goatsed a little bit, isn't it? The cover IS goatsed a little bit, isn’t it?

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-178641 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-178641 #1, CATFIC #1,

CATFIC

]]> By: artbot http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-178401 artbot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-178401 Maybe we could start a conversation about the "Singularity" (rhymes with "hilarity") for a change. Maybe we could start a conversation about the “Singularity” (rhymes with “hilarity”) for a change.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/-last-month-i-mentio.html#comment-178424 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-178424 I just bought a steam-punkish light fixture, it's bronze pipes and stuff. I'm sure I only did so because I've been introduced to more of the style elements shown on Boingboing. I don't think I want read about it, but it can look good. I think Jeff and Ann are doing stuff with io9 now. I just bought a steam-punkish light fixture, it’s bronze pipes and stuff. I’m sure I only did so because I’ve been introduced to more of the style elements shown on Boingboing. I don’t think I want read about it, but it can look good. I think Jeff and Ann are doing stuff with io9 now.

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