Steampunk's guide to sex

Margaret Killjoy sez, "Combustion Books, the indie publisher of SteamPunk Magazine, is raising funds to print A Steampunk's Guide to Sex. The book is aimed to be a serious (though entertaining) look at how Victorian sexuality influences contemporary sex. The contributors include OWS's Steampunk Emma Goldman, From Hell author Alan Moore, and Professor Calamity, the US's only arrested blogger."

Attentive readers will recall Killjoy from the excellent Steampunk magazine (whose motto is "Love the machine, hate the factory") and the kick-ass What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower, a steampunk choose-your-own-adventure.

A Steampunk's Guide to Sex

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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- bcsizemo
  
  Gotta do something to keep your brass dildo from tarnishing.
  
  Just imagine: riveted for her pleasure.
http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

I hope Lady Clankington is in there somewhere
Robert Cruickshank

Or: Can I Do it Till I Need Goggles?
theophrastvs

The Guardian had a recent article http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/07/how-the-vibrator-caused-buzz on the history of the vibrator which included reference to a steam-powered model: “a steam-powered “Manipulator” had been invented, consisting of a table with a cut-out area for the patient’s pelvis, to which a vibrating sphere was then applied.” …sorta re-conjures the sweaty stoking boys in the boiler room, don’t it? (“Ach! She canna take much more of this Captain!” [meters and dials inch toward red-line])
- Robert Cruickshank
  
  It’s been a while since I’ve read Naked Lunch, but I seem to remember that Steely Dan was also steam powered.
  - soap
    
    I didn’t think so, but I had to check:
    
    http://books.google.com/books?id=qcTZ1ZCT-S8C&lpg=PA77&ots=xVQcKXT1ik&dq=Steely%20Dan%20Naked%20Lunch&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q=Steely%20Dan&f=false
    - Robert Cruickshank
      
      Thanks! Now I’m wondering where I got that idea.
      - Beanolini
        
        From The Engineer’s Song?
Mike Norman

Steampunk is so dead that even ironic self-aware affected Steampunk commentary is dead.
- http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis
  
  Steams there a punk with soul so dead who never to itself hath said…?
Brainspore

…Professor Calamity, the US’s only arrested blogger.

Is that true? I’d be (pleasantly) surprised to learn that no one else in the country has yet to be arrested for anything they ever posted on a blog.
- Pedantic Douchebag
  
  I was wondering the same thing. Was this person arrested specifically for blogging? Or did they blog about being arrested for shoplifting a steam cleaner whilst listening to the Misfits? SO many questions…
  - soap
    
    I want your skull… cleaned.
    - jackbird
      
      Dirt on your rug is a terrible thing
      it’s a transformation with an urge to clean…
http://twitter.com/vonslatt Jake von Slatt

So, this is real. Magpie (aka Margaret Killjoy) is one of the finest human beings I know, and I am totes backing this kickstarter.
Kirill Lepetinskiy

This has never been more relevant
Øyvind

Someone named Killjoy wants me to learn about Victorian age sexuality? As told by Alan Moore? Absolutely nothing about that sounds enticing…and yet…I’m intrigued.
http://twitter.com/karlwilliams Karl Williams

This sounds promising; the creators have a good reputation for turning out excellent content. I’ve just backed enough to get a print copy.