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.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones

    DOG: “Human with wings. B.F.D. Anyway, I found cat poo!”

  • http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith

    I thought Steampunk had to at least look like it might work.

    • for_SCIENCE

       Anymore it’s more or less just gluing ̶b̶i̶r̶d̶s̶  broken mechanical watch parts on things. I think at this stage as a ‘-punk’ its having an identity crisis.

      • http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood

        I think its primary function these days is to present Cory with an opportunity to annoy a certain kind of person.

      • SoItBegins

         It sounds like you’ve been… [puts on shades] steam-Punk’d.

        YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

  • Boundegar

    Vinyl?  I would expect any self-respecting steampunk to demand leather.  Vegans be damned, only the finest materials, what?

    • http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby

      Surely you’d be damning the animals you skinned, not those that don’t partake?

  • http://www.facebook.com/postelwait Cameron Postelwait

    Monarch Henchman costume version 2?

    • http://twitter.com/WotansWoodcraft Woodrow Wotan

       Not even #24 would wear those.

  • jimh

    I like this guy’s version:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature&v=NmcqSarwnaM
    (At the end of the 47 second video you can hear a worried dog’s response, which is great.)

    These remind me of Sam’s wings during his dreams in Brazil…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYiiSxmT-p0

    • http://twitter.com/WotansWoodcraft Woodrow Wotan

       ”SIIIIIIIIIIIMON! WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU DONE TO MY VENETIAN BLINDS?!!?”

      “MOM! GO AWAY!! CAN’T YOU SEE I’M MAKING A VIDEO?!?!?!!!”

  • Orion Salvaje

    And now for something completely different https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTd5Gj2KV0

  • http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood
  • chroma

    Here’s a much more refined version of the same concept. It took first place at the Dragon*Con Masquerade.
     http://apparitionabolishers.com/tag/wings/

    • Chris Lee

      Here’s a direct link to some videos of our wings: http://apparitionabolishers.com/2012/09/04/we-won-best-in-show-at-the-dragoncon-2012-masquerade-costume-contest/

  • http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

    Knock a zero off and let me use it in a photo and I’d buy a pair.
    Like I did with this…
    http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2012/11/the_flammarion.html
    (somewhat nsfw)

  • http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair

    $2750 seems like a bargain, when you consider most steampunks have to die to get wings

    No way, I’m a steampunk Jehovah’s Witness. When the world ends, the slumbering dead will rise from their graves to face judgment by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Those who believed in him, will live forever in an earthly paradise made entirely of brass gears

  • wygit

    Brewster McCloud is back

    • http://twitter.com/beep54orama B E Pratt

      I always like the story of how Robert Altman got Leonard Cohen to do the music for McCabe and Mrs Miller. When Altman first asked, Cohen turned him down saying he didn’t really watch movies much and that the last one he liked was about some guy flying around in the Astrodome. When Altman told Cohen that he had made that one, Cohen changed his mind.

      • wygit

         I saw that Amazon has a remastered edition. It’s always good when movies like this don’t just disappear.

  • CH

    The text promises an “authentic “Icarus – Assisted Flight Apparatus” brandplate”. So… how do I know it is actually an authentic one? I assume there are a lot of unauthentic “Icarus – Assisted Flight Apparatus” brandplates, as this seems to be a big selling point, but how can I verify it? I mean, for $2750 I want to be assured it is an authentic one! Also, does the brandplate guarantee it is indeed an “Icarus – Assisted Flight Apparatus”, and… does it also guarantee that it will fly me all the way to the sun? The text doesn’t contain any disclaimer about the issue, so I do assume that it does. Hmm, actually… with all these features it is a bargain!

  • Joshua Jordan

    Heyyyyyy, these are my friends from Vancouver Island!  Kyle also made T-Pain’s touring mic!  FAAAAAME!