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« Reply #25 on: March 17, 2014, 07:59:46 am » |
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The next update:
170. Barger, Vanessa: (standalone) Steaming
171. Bemis, John Claude: The Clockwork Dark: The Nine-Pound Hammer The Wolf Tree The White City
172. Colfer, Eoin: (standalone) Airman
173. Cummins, Ren: Chronicles of Aesirium: Reaper’s Return The Morrow Stone The City of the Dead Reaper’s Flight Into the Blink The Crook and the Blade Tales of Aesirium: A Chronicles of Aesirium Companion
174. DeLuca, Alison: The Crown Phoenix: Night Watchman Express The Devil’s Kitchen Lamplighter’s Special The South Sea Bubble
175. Exley, A.W.: (standalone) Obsidian Eyes
176. Exley, A.W.: Artifact Hunters: Nefertiti’s Heart Hatshepsut’s Collar Nero’s Fiddle
177. Hessey, Jack: (standalone) Steam Queen
178. Johnson, Brooke: Chroniker City: The Clockwork Giant Le Theatre Mecanique
179. Kee, Martin: (standalone) A Latent Dark
180. Mead, Linsay: The Hunter Legends: The Beast
181. Metrov, D.A.: Falcon Lord: The Lost Isle of Perpetua Restoration Escape from the Skookumchuck
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« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2014, 07:00:08 pm » |
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The next next update:
182. Cameron, Sharon: The Dark Unwinding: The Dark Unwinding A Spark Unseen
183. Gow, Kailin: Steampunk Scarlett: Supernatural Devices Immortal Devices Ethereal Devices Clockwork Devices Royal Devices
184. Lazear, Suzanne: The Æther Chronicles: Innocent Darkness Charmed Vengeance Fragile Destiny
185. Miéville, China: (standalone) Railsea
186. Oppel, Kenneth: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein: This Dark Endeavor Such Wicked Intent
187. Palma, Félix: Trilogía Victoriana: The Map of Time The Map of the Sky
188. Richards, Justin: The Department of Unclassified Artefacts: The Death Collector The Parliament of Blood The Chamber of Shadows
189. St. Martin, Rob: (standalone) Princess Smith and the Clockwork Knight
190. St. Martin, Rob: Sunset Val: Sunset Val Sunset Val Flies Again Sunset Val’s Hat Trick Sunset Val’s Final Boarding
191. Wells, Martha: Emilie: Emilie and the Hollow World Emilie and the Sky World
This brings our total--so far--to 507 individual novels/novellas.
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« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2014, 10:06:50 pm » |
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A quick(ish) question before I proceed:
I'm encountering a lot of anime and manga being touted as Steampunk, but I'm a bit fuzzy on their bona fides. This becomes a relevant question for this list as well as the one I'm compiling for graphic novels, because a great many of the anime and/or manga have been published as what the Japanese refer to as "light novels" (what we call "young adult" novels--despite the fact that some of them are superior to supposedly "grown up" novels). As I'm making no distinction between YA and non-YA books in this compilation, if they qualify, I'll need to include the relevant light novels.
I've no problem whatsoever including the Fullmetal Alchemist series, since it exists in what I consider to be a very steampunk world (and they treat the woo-woo stuff as science). I've tentatively included the Trigun series as I've read it described as a sort of Weird West tale (although with what little I've seen of the Anime, I can see no traces of Steampunkery). The Legend of Korra, on the other hand, along with its parent series Avatar, have appeared on some Steampunk lists, and I can't see why--yet. Apart from one character, I'm not certain Samurai 7 belongs on the list, either. Read or Die and its sequel series Read or Dream also has, to my mind, questionable Steampunk credentials.
So, before I go about adding light novels from these series to the list (and before I present the graphic novels list to the forum), I would really appreciate some feedback on whether or not any of these mangas belong on a Steampunk list.
Discuss!
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« Reply #28 on: March 19, 2014, 04:00:40 pm » |
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So, I'm away for a couple of days, thinking I've given people enough time to give me some feedback on the question in my previous post, but, nada.
Do I need to ask that question on a different thread?
Well, anyway, here's the...
...Nextier update:
192. Baxter, Stephen: (standalone) The Time Ships Officially licensed sequel to The War of the Worlds.
193. Dennard, Susan: Something Strange and Deadly: Something Strange and Deadly A Darkness Strange and Lovely Strange and Ever After
194. Haggard, H. Rider: Great Illustrated Classics: King Solomon’s Mines (adapted by Kelly, Jack, illustrations by Marcos, Pablo) Series of illustrated novels adapted for young readers.
195. Jolley, Tyler & Ficklin, Sherry D.: The Lost Imperials: Extracted Only book in the series I’m aware of.
196. Kristoff, Jay: The Lotus War: Praying for Rain The Last Stormdancer Stormdancer The Little Stormdancer Kinslayer Endsinger
197. Lackey, Mercedes & Edghill, Rosemary: (standalone) Dead Reckoning
198. London, Clive: (standalone) Prince Albert and the Doomsday Device
199. Mignola, Mike: (standalone) Joe Golem and the Drowning City
200. Priest, Christopher: (standalone) The Space Machine Pastiche of The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine.
201. Rushton, William: (standalone) W.G. Grace’s Last Case Pastiche involving the second invasion of Wells’ Martians.
202. Shelly, Mary: Great Illustrated Classics: Frankenstein (adapted by Vogel, Malvina G., illustrations by Pablo Marcos Studio) Series of illustrated novels adapted for young readers.
203. Smith, George H.: (standalone) The Second War of the Worlds
204. Stevenson, Robert Louis: Great Illustrated Classics: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (adapted by Yamamoto, Mitsu, illustrations by Pablo Marcos Studio) Series of illustrated novels adapted for young readers.
205. Taylor, Kassy: Ashes: Ashes of Twilight Shadows of Glass Remnants of Tomorrow
206. Trent, Tiffany: The Unnaturalists: The Unnaturalists A Stranger in the Garden The Tinker King
207. Verne, Jules: Great Illustrated Classics: Around the World in Eighty Days (adapted by Leighton, Marion, illustrations by Pablo Marcos Studio) Journey to the Center of the Earth (adapted by Schwach, Howard J., illustrations by Pablo Marcos Studio) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (adapted by Vogel, Malvina G., illustrations by Pablo Marcos Studio) Series of illustrated novels adapted for young readers.
208. Wells, H.G.: Great Illustrated Classics: The Invisible Man (adapted by Vogel, Malvina G., illustrations by Marcos, Pablo) The Time Machine (adapted by Bogart, Shirley, illustrations by Lynch, Brendan) The War of the Worlds (adapted by Vogel, Malvina G., illustrations by Lynch, Brendan) Series of illustrated novels adapted for young readers.
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« Reply #29 on: March 21, 2014, 12:40:07 pm » |
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Even nextier update:
NOTE: I'm moving Christopher Beats' The Magnocracy series (two books) from this list to the one for e-publishing. The numbering on the master list has been adjusted accordingly. Additionally, I've decided I'm going to give responses to my pleas for clarification on the manga titles until the end of this month. If no one has provided any input by then, I'm going to go with my gut and cull accordingly.
The new titles for the list are:
208. Bush, Emilie P.: (standalone) Her Majesty’s Explorer: A Steampunk Bedtime Story (w/Petty, William Kevin, illustrator) With “Bonus Steamduck Poem”! This is a children's story book, but as it doesn't fit neatly into any of the other list categories, I've opted to include it with the novels. Again, I'm open to debate.
209. Koehler, K.H.: The Mrs. McGillicuddy Mysteries: A Clockwork Vampire A Werewolf in Time The Clockwork Companion: Your Key to the Mrs. McGillicuddy World This series continues as e-books.
210. Pearl, Matthew: The Technologists: The Technologists This series continues as e-books.
211. Weis, Margaret & Krammes, Robert: The Dragon Brigade: Shadow Raiders Storm Riders I am really gritting my teeth including this series--as I have quite a few others on this list--but absent input from the Brass Goggles community I can't exclude any of them...yet.
212. Wells, H.G. & Brown, Eric S.: Blood Enriched Classics: The War of the Worlds, Plus Blood, Guts, and Zombies
Oh, and I just found (and deleted) a duplication: Kassy Taylor's Ashes trilogy, so the numbering when I post next will be out-of-whack...again. (I have got to stop compiling these lists instead of sleeping...)
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I'm working on the graphic novels list and the collections list simultaneously (just because I'm coming across the titles for both in the same searches), and I keep finding more for this list I missed the first go 'round...
210. Ross, Nicole: (series name?) Fornax Rising The Fall of Melnax
211. Marlowe, Paul: The Wellborn Conspiracy: Sporeville Knights of the Sea
Remember: you can help make this a better list. Is there a title that should be on here? Is there a title on here that shouldn't be? Either way, let me know. Also, the commentary period for the manga titles I mentioned earlier ends Monday, March 31 (at midnight, CST); anything coming in later than that I'll assume is an April Fool's gag! And remember you can PM me if you're not comfortable communicating through this thread.
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« Reply #31 on: April 04, 2014, 11:43:19 am » |
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Alrighty, then...
I stayed away for a few days to let the April Foolishness die down, and now, absent any further input on the topic, I've eliminated Trigun, Read or Die, Read or Dream, and Samurai 7 from the graphic novels list, and will therefore not be adding their accompanying light novels to this list.
One correction has been brought to my attention: The James Blaylock novel I'd listed as The Pagan God has finally been released, but the title is now The Adventure of the Ring of Stones. Correct your copies of the list accordingly.
We're adding the following:
212. Alpin, Maeve: (series name?) As Timeless as Stone As Timeless as Magic
213. Kilworth, Garry: Welkin Weasels: Gaslight Geezers Vampire Voles Heastward, Ho! As the series name implies, this is a children's series.
That's it for now, but please keep the commentary coming!
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« Reply #32 on: April 06, 2014, 05:26:12 am » |
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I've been asked by a poster on another thread if I was interested in including theater scripts. To which my jaw dropped, because (a) I'd never considered it and (b) I didn't know there were such things. (Okay, I knew scripts existed, I just didn't know any Steampunk scripts existed.) The poster drew my attention to two scripts in the same series located at www.mrshawking.com . I haven't made the time to look at them yet, but if they're Steampunk, they should be included... somewhere. Now, since the scripts apparently only exist (currently) online, should they be included on the list for e-books? Or, do scripts more properly belong on a completely new list, one for entertainment? I'm leaning towards the latter, but I'm throwing it open for discussion. Here's a portion of my original reply to the poster: Whew...I hadn't even considered play scripts...I'm nearly in over my head as it is.
The current tallies for each category are: Books, Traditionally Published: 550 Books, E-Published: 29 (just started on this list not too long ago) Books, Anthologies: 14 (ditto) Graphic Novels and Web Comics: 280 (ditto ditto)
I'm far from finished on the graphic novels list, I'm way behind on anthologies and e-books, and the list for "normal" books just keeps growing. If the play only exists online, I might think about including it on the e-published list, although I think it would properly belong on a list of Steampunk entertainment. Which, I suppose, if I haven't been carted away by the nice chaps in the white coats after "finishing" the current lists, I might think about beginning (after a loooong tropical vacation with intravenous margaritas).
I should note that between posting that reply and this one, the list for traditionally published books grew by one. Yep, that quick. I'm of the mind I should finish the original lists first, sticking to my guns for what should be included in them, and then beginning a new list which would include these plays. Or, should I take the easy way out and slip the plays in on the e-books list? Should scripts be considered in the same category as books, or do they belong in a different, and possibly more appropriate venue? Please let me know your thoughts, and remember, you can PM me if you don't want to discuss it openly on the thread.
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« Reply #33 on: April 21, 2014, 01:39:47 am » |
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Okay, ladies and gentlemen, this one's going to be a lengthy update, so I'm probably going to break it up into separate posts...
First up, some corrections and updates:
Under the initial entry for Felix Gilman's works, I did not have a series name, and some titles that I'd listed belong to another series entirely. So, Thunderer and Gears of the City move to a separate entry for the series Thunderer. The series that includes the works The Half-Made World, The Rise of Ransom City, and Lightbringers and Rainmakers belong to the series The Half-Made World. This still leaves the title The Revolutions as an orphan, unless it belongs to one of the two series listed above.
For The Lost Imperials, after finally seeing a copy of the book's cover I realized I had the order of the authors' names reversed, so the correct order is Ficklin, Sherry D. & Jolley, Tyler.
The Ian R. MacLeod series that includes the books The Light Ages and The House of Storms is called The Æther Universe.
We need to add a new title to George Mann's Newberry & Hobbes series, The Revenant Express.
This concludes the corrections/additions for now. As the next bit addresses a different subject/question...
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...it will be a separate post.
Remember how I said I'm including the "light novel" (our YA) versions of mangas? Well, I hit a snag on one of them.
For Kia Asamiya's light novel versions of Steam Detectives, I can see that two light novels were published, between 2000-2001. However, with that taunting morsel the trail goes cold.
Does anyone have any information on these two books? I'm not trying to find copies for purchase, but I'd like to be able to add their titles to the list so that those interested can seek them out. It's possible they weren't published in English, but even if that is the case I'd include the books with their original Japanese titles just to be complete.
And while I was searching for those two books...
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« Reply #35 on: April 21, 2014, 02:05:29 am » |
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...I found a completely unrelated set of books under the series name Steam Detective.
The author is Andrew Martin, and the series is called Jim Stringer, Steam Detective. I have also seen some books calling the series Jim Stringer, Railway Detective, which seems to be a more honest moniker for the books.
From what I can gather, these are decidedly non-Steampunk detective stories set on the British rails, although the covers and the Steam Detective name are clearly targeted to Steampunks. To my knowledge, while taking place against the backdrop of 1900's British steam rail, these detective stories are not otherwise Steampunk, in other words, not science fiction. My concern with including them would be that I would feel obligated to include other detective works that are not Steampunk but take place against a steam background, such as Christi's Murder on the Orient Express (steam rail) and Death on the Nile (steam boat), and honestly, those do not belong on this list as, again, there's no science fiction.
So, thoughts?
Now, I will say the descriptions seem interesting, and I'll probably seek out the series to check out their merits as detective fiction. And, if you are like-minded, here are the titles I found: The Necropolis Railway The Blackpool Highflyer The Lost Luggage Porter Murder at Deviation Junction Death on a Branch Line The Last Train to Scarborough The Somme Stations The Baghdad Railway Club Night Train to Jalampur
If any of you have read them, and they are science fiction, let me know. Or, if you have other reasons for including them on this list, let me know. Otherwise...
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« Reply #36 on: April 21, 2014, 02:39:39 am » |
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...we'll get started on the additions.
(Deeeeeeeeep breath.)
216. Aguirre, A.A.: Apparatus Infernum: Bronze Gods Silver Mirrors
217. Anderson, Jason G.: (standalone) Gears of Wonderland
I am skipping #218 for a separate entry further down.
219. Archer, Zoe: The Blades of the Rose: Stranger The only Steampunk book in the series.
220. Baker, Kage: The Company: Sky Coyote Not Less than Gods Nell Gwynne’s on Land and at Sea The Women of Nell Gwynne’s The only Steampunk books in the series.
221. Barnes, Jonathan: The Domino Men: The Somnambulist The only Steampunk book in the series. I went back-and-forth on this one, but ultimately included it because Mad Science is integral to the plot, although it takes a long time to reveal itself as such. Not recommended, but I'm including it for the sake of being thorough.
222. Barnett, David: Gideon Smith: Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon Gideon Smith and the Mask of the Ripper
223. Blackwood, Heather: (standalone) Hounds of Autumn
224. Buckell, Tobias: Xenowealth: Crystal Rain The only Steampunk book in the series.
225. Buroker, Lindsay: Encrypted: Encrypted Enigma Decrypted
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226. Calbraith, James: The Year of the Dragon: The Shadow of Black Wings The Warrior’s Soul The Islands in the Mist The Rising Tide The Chrysanthemum Seal
227. Craske, Darren: The Cornelius Quaint Chronicles: The Equivoque Principle The Eleventh Plague The Lazarus Curse The Romulus Equation The Monarch Key Is this a Steampunk series or not? It’s hard to tell from the descriptions I’ve read.
228. Cunningham, J.: Clockwork Skies: Secrets Only book in the series I’m aware of.
229. d’Abo, Christine: The Shadow Guild: Gilded Hearts Quicksilver Soul
230. Dakin, Glenn: Candle Man: The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance The Society of Dread
231. Dalton, D.: (standalone) Steamscape
232. Dawson, Delilah S.: Blud: Wicked as They Come The Mysterious Madame Morpho The Peculiar Pets of Miss Pleasance Wicked as She Wants The Damsel and the Daggerman Wicked After Midnight
233. Fairview, Monica: (standalone) Steampunk Darcy
234. Foxe, Margaret: The Elders and Welders Chronicles: Prince of Hearts A Dark Heart Thief of Hearts
235. Garlick, Jacqueline E.: The Illumination Paradox: Lumière Only book in the series I’m aware of.
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236. Gleason, Colleen: Stoker & Holmes: The Clockwork Scarab The Spiritglass Charade
237. Guinan, Paul & Bennett, Anina: (standalone) Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel Fiction written as a history; with copious illustrations.
238. Hoare, Christopher: (standalone) Steam and Stratagem
239. Hunter, R.S.: The Tethys Chronicles: The Exile’s Violin Only book in the series I’m aware of.
240. Kohout, Chris: Fate of Nations: Einstein Must Die! Only book in the series I’m aware of.
241. Lee, Melissa Turner & Creeden, Pauline: Armored Hearts: Winter Fae Armored Hearts
242. Lowachee, Karin: Middle Light: The Gaslight Dogs Only book in the series I’m aware of.
243. Madison, Kate: (standalone) The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore
244. Mann, George: (standalone) Sherlock Holmes: The Will of the Dead
245. McIntyre, Katherine: (standalone) An Airship Named Desire
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246. Nance, Lara: The Airship Adventure Chronicles: Revenge of the Mad Scientist Rescue from the Baron Attack of the Automatons
247. Nantus, Sheryl: (standalone) Wild Cards and Iron Horses
248. Payton, T. Aaron: (standalone) The Constantine Affliction
249. Pitt, Darrell: (standalone) The Steampunk Detective
250. Rosen, Lev A.C.: (standalone) All Men of Genius
251. Sedgwick, Jamie: The Tinkerer’s Daughter: The Tinkerer’s Daughter Tinker’s War Blood and Steam
252. Sedgwick, Jamie: Aboard the Great Iron Horse: The Clockwork God Only book in the series I’m aware of.
253. Stone, Jillian: Paranormal Investigator: The Seduction of Phaeton Black The Moonstone and Miss Jones The Miss Education of Dr. Exeter This is another one of those I'm gritting my teeth to include, but as I haven't read any of them, I have to include them until someone can tell me they're not Steampunk.
254. Taylor, Calista: Viridis: Viridis Devil on a Sparrow’s Wing
255. Valentine, Genevieve: (standalone) Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
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256. Viehl, Lynn: Disenchanted & Co.: Her Ladyship’s Curse His Lordship Possessed Disenchanted & Co. The Clockwork Wolf
257. Willis, Connie: Oxford Time Travel: To Say Nothing of the Dog, or, How We Found the Bishop’s Bird Stump at Last The only Steampunk book in the series.
258. wol-vriey: (standalone) Alice’s Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess
259. Inoue, Makoto: Fullmetal Alchemist: (see also, Eishima, Jun) The Land of Sand The Abducted Alchemist The Valley of White Petals Under the Faraway Sky The Ties That Bind A New Beginning Daughter of the Dusk Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel Light novels (YA).
260. Eishima, Jun: Fullmetal Alchemist: (see also, Inoue, Makoto) Curse of the Crimson Elixir The Girl Who Succeeds God Light novels (YA).
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Okay, and now to backtrack to: The Tom Swift series. I had initially left these off the list because I considered both the time period and the technology to be inappropriate for inclusion on this list. However, after suggestions made by a couple of commenters (one of whom was able to direct me to a source for further research), I am tentatively including the following works from the series. I selected these based on descriptions of the books found at http://tomswift.net/ts1.htm . While the level of technology is definitely post-steam, I'm acquiescing based on either the technology or the adventure itself corresponding to Steampunk themes (in the same way we tend to accept Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot series as Steampunk, despite the technology being clearly deisel-based). Otherwise, I would classify this series as being deisel- or electric-punk, with a more accurate description putting this series in the genre of pulp adventure. So, consider yourself forewarned with this caveat, and include or exclude these books on your copy of the list as you see fit. One last note: The "author" of this series is Victor Appleton. This is a “house” name; the character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, with the tales ghostwritten by various authors from outlines by Stratemeyer and others from his publishing group. Strictly by coincidence, all the works selected for this list were ghost-written by the same person, Howard Garis. 218. Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift: Tom Swift and His Airship, or, The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure Tom Swift and His Wireless Message, or, The Castaways of Earthquake Island Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, or, Daring Adventures on Elephant Island Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground Tom Swift in Captivity, or, A Daring Escape by Airship Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight, or, On the Border for Uncle Sam Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone, or, The Picture That Saved a Fortune Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, The Naval Terror of the Seas Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, The Hidden City of the Andes Tom Swift in the Land of the Wonders, or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible, or, Adventures Over the Forest of FireAnd with that, the current number of individual works on this list comes to a total of 655.
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« Reply #42 on: April 21, 2014, 04:33:44 am » |
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I'll take this opportunity to give you status reports for some of the other lists, and ask some very specific questions.
Although I'm nowhere near finished with the first pass, at 131 author/creator entries (with 281 individual works) I'm likely to go ahead and begin posting the graphic novels/online comics list in the near future. Just to get a leg up, as it were. If you have recommendations for this list, please get them to me sooner rather than later.
I'm only up to 19 author entries (with 64 individual works) for the e-published books, so I'll wait a bit to begin posting that list. If you know of any e-works, either e-books or works existing strictly on a website, please let me know.
I'm at 35 editor entries for the anthologies, so, again, I'm going to attack that one a bit more before posting. I am especially interested in hearing from the Brass Goggles community regarding online anthologies, such as the stories produced by the Asylum weekend.
I have tentatively begun the non-fiction list. This will include histories, works by makers, commentaries, etc. Where I need help initially are recommendations on things such as histories, specifically the single best volume on a topic. If the list included every history of the Victorian era, it would grow larger than the novels list (currently 655 books) very quickly. If you had to recommend just one book about Victorian colonialism, what would it be? For example, I'm already including Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor (generally considered the definitive work on the topic) and Evans & Skinner's The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Companion (because as a primary source it consists exclusively of all available case files, with no commentary, theories, or guesses as to the killer's identity). Autobiographies are likely of less value than modern biographies. What else should I be looking for for this list?
As with the traditionally published novels list, these other lists will only be as strong as the recommendations, comments, and suggestions that YOU make. This current list is only possible because of your input; let's make the others as strong as possible as well.
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Once more into the breach...
We begin (again) with corrections/additions, et cetera, so forth, yada yada... First I confess to the inexcusable mis-titling of a series: Ballantine and Morris' series which includes Phoenix Rising, The Janus Affair, and Dawn's Early Light is called The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, not The Ministry of Unusual Occurrences. I would blame myself, but, as this series appeared in the very first posts of this list, and I have continually requested the help of the Brass Goggles community, you get to share the blame. So. Shame, shame! (Pay no attention to the man typing behind the curtain.)
Rather than listing it as a standalone, I'm taking the liberty of calling Bush and Petty's children's series Steamduck, whether that is the title they were giving it or not. Why? Because we're adding a book to Her Majesty’s Explorer: A Steampunk Bedtime Story, the new Steamduck Learns to FLY!
To Hodder's Burton & Swinburne series we are adding The Return of the Discontinued Man.
And now, on to the Main Event:
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261. Alexander, Claudia: (standalone) A Clockwork Lime: How the World Got Stuck with Lime-Repellant Mucus 500 Million Years Ago, or, The Strange Tale of the Original Carbon Problem Not sure if this is Steampunk, or “regular” science fiction.
262. Ash, C.B.: Tales from the Brass Griffin: Red Lightning A Children’s Tale Dead Air Bloody Business Dead Men’s Tales
263. Cutter, Leah: (standalone) Clockwork Kingdom
264. Elliott, Kate: Spiritwalker: Cold Magic Cold Fire Cold Iron The Secret Journal of Beatrice Hassi Barahal
265. Erdelac, Michael C.: Merkabah Rider: Once Upon a Time in the Weird West The 4th installment in the series, the previous three were collections of inter-related short stories. This volume breaks with that tradition and contains a single, novel-length tale. (The previous three installments will be listed on the anthologies/collections list, still to be posted.)
266. French, Katina “Kat”: The Clockwork Republic: Blowhard: A Steampunk Fairy Tale Big Teeth: A Steampunk Fairy Tale Mirrors and Magic: A Steampunk Fairy Tale
267. Frost, Mark: The List of Seven: The List of Seven The Six Messiahs
268. Hodder, Mark: (standalone) A Red Sun Also Rises
269. Hopper, Christopher: Inventors’ World: The Sky Riders Only book in the series I’m aware of.
270. Howard, Jonathan L.: Johannes Cabal: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer Johannes Cabal the Detective The Fear Institute The Brothers Cabal
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271. King, Austin & Keeton, B.J.: (standalone) Nimbus: A Steampunk Novel Omnibus edition containing all the previously (e-) released chapters.
272. Lyon, Sophronia Belle: The Alexander Legacy: A Dodge, a Twist, and a Tobacconist: A Steampunk Literary Tribute Adventure The Pinocchio Factor: A Steampunk Literary Tribute Adventure
273. Musgrave, Jim: Pat O’Malley Steampunk Mysteries: Forevermore Disappearance at Mount Sinai Jane the Grabber Steam City Pirates
274. Nichols, Brent: Gears of a Mad God: Steampunk Lovecraft Adventures: Gears of a Mad God Dark Island Hell’s Gate The Airship War Assault on Villamar
275. Reyer, Julianne: (standalone) Alice’s Steamy Wonderland
276. Sarao, Sheatiel & Vrosh, Cody: (standalone) The Irrelevant Redemption: A Steampunk Fairytale
277. Shelly, Mary, w/Basic, Zdenko & Sumberac, Manuel (illustrators): Steampunk: Steampunk: Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein Shelly’s novel with Steampunk illustrations.
278. Shelly, Mary, w/Wrightson, Bernie (illustrator): (standalone) Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein Unabridged novel with 47 full-page illustrations by the renowned artist.
279. Stone, Sibelle: Brides of Jubliee: Prudence and the Professor Only book in the series I’m aware of.
280. Stuart, S.D.: Steampunk Oz: Forgotten Girl The Legacy’s World Emerald Shadow The Future’s Destiny The Dangerous Captive Missing Legacy Shadow of History The Edge of the Hunter
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281. Swanwick, Michael: (standalone) Jack Faust
282. Tarbet, Scott E.: (standalone) A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk
283. Teague, Gypsey: (standalone) Victoria X: Tales of an Aireship
284. Wheeler, Tom: (standalone) The Arcanum
285. White, John R.: Tales of the Airship Neverland: Tales of the Airship Neverland: A Steampunk Fairy Tale Fairy Dust Never Rusts Captain Hook and the Pirates of Mars Dust and Ash
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This brings our current total of individual works to 712.
I still need the titles for Kia Asamiya's two Steam Detectives light novels.
I still need recommendations for stories, novels, etc. that only appear either as e-books or online. The stories members of the Brass Goggles community have posted to the Textual thread are too spread out and too disconnected (from themselves) for my sanity, so if you know of a BG member who has stories on a website out there, please let me know.
I still need recommendations for graphic novels, online comics, and anthologies/collections, whether in print or as e-books or online.
Now, to conclude this update, I will inform you that, while I've gritted my teeth and included things that appear to be either principally fantasy (fairy tales, etc.), erotica (of a variety of predilections, although not, to my knowledge, outright porn), and a wide array of other "Steampunk" titles that look for all the world like they only have some gears glued on them, I have discovered the line I will not cross.
I was typing away like the good little automaton I am, and I had to go back and look at a title that was almost included on the e-publishing list. I won't divulge the title, but it and the cover clearly marked this tale as Steampunk (whether it actually is or not is irrelevant), so it was taking its place amongst the other e-book stories, and like several others that only exist as an e-book, the listing proudly proclaimed it to be a work of erotica. So far, no problems. What drew my eye, however, was a portion of the subtitle: ...A Tale of...Reluctant Sex. I puzzled for a bit over the phrasing of that subtitle, initially unsure why it was ringing my bells. Then it hit me...they were talking about rape fantasies.
I have friends of a variety of stripes, religions, proclivities, politics, what-have-you, so I don't normally condemn parts of people's personal lives that don't necessarily float my own boat, as it were. However, in this era where "date rape" is a thing, and the fact that an alarming percentage of rapes are perpetrated by people known to the victim, this title, and any more I come across of similar ilk, will not be included on any of the lists I'm compiling. If any readers of this thread lean that way, you're welcome to seek out such titles for yourself; however I will not be knowingly complicit of promoting a genre of literature that may be perceived as condoning or promoting a sex crime.
So. As you were.
(Exeunt soap box.)
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"So...How 'bout those Mets?"
"I don't follow ice hockey."
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Maybe you've hit them all? I saw a title somewhere called 'brass and bone' but didn't get the author's name. Not sure if it's Steampunk or not. Appreciate this list, btw.
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