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Les Vaporistes, Steampunk in France
Needless to say, steampunk is heavily influenced by Victorian aesthetics. Top or bowler hats, frock coats, London fog, and so on are unmistakable steampunk characteristics. While the steampunk...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “True Q”
“True Q”Written by Rene EchevarriaDirected by Robert ScheererSeason 6, Episode 6Production episode 40276-232Original air date: October 26, 1992Stardate: 46192.3Captain’s Log: The Enterprise has taken...
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Morning Roundup: The Cosplaying Icelandic Mayor
Jón Gnarr Kristinsson is the mayor of Reykjavík, which is a the capital city of Iceland. He recently showed up to the Reykjavík International Film Festival as Obi-Wan Kenobi. But he's cosplayed before!...
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King of Marbury
Marbury is another world, a dark world that best friends Jack Whitmore and Conner Kirk have fallen into before. A stranger had given Jack a pair of glasses – it’s through the lenses that the boys get...
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Spreading the Word About the Mini Free Library
Behold the mini free library. In response to the closings and cutbacks imposed on libraries in recent years, a “Little Free Library” movement has formed to fill the gap and make certain that people are...
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Fullmetal Alchemist is the Best!
So... we recently asked cartoonist and Friends With Boys author Faith Erin Hicks if she had any strong opinions about steampunk. The answer quite literally speaks for itself!What you’ll read below is...
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American Gods Reread: Chapters 5 and 6
Welcome to the third installment of our American Gods Reread, a rambling literary road trip through Neil Gaiman’s Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning novel (soon to be an HBO series). Each week we’ll...
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American Gods Mix Tape: Chapters 5 and 6
As a side project to our American Gods Reread, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at all the various songs quoted and referenced throughout the novel. Every epic adventure deserves an...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Reaper’s Gale, Chapter Eighteen
Welcome to the Malazan Re-read of the Fallen! Every post will start off with a summary of events, followed by reaction and commentary by your hosts Bill and Amanda (with Amanda, new to the series,...
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Dodger (Excerpt)
Check out this fabulous first chapter of Terry Pratchett's Dodger, on sale now from Harper!:A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a...
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10 Tips for Launching your Steampunk Project on Kickstarter
Are you considering launching a Kickstarter project? As a marketer specializing in publishing and technology projects, I get numerous requests from startups to market their Kickstarter campaigns....
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Most Citizens of the Star Wars Galaxy are Probably Totally Illiterate
Not once in any Star Wars movie does someone pick up a book or newspaper, magazine, literary journal, or chapbook handmade by an aspiring Jawa poet. If something is read by someone in Star Wars, it’s...
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Farscape Rewatch: “Dream A Little Dream”
Dream A Little DreamWritten by Steven Rae, directed by Ian WatsonSeason 2, Episode 81st US Transmission Date: 23 June 20001st US Transmission Date as ‘Re:Union’: 1 June 20011st UK Transmission Date: 14...
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Various and Fun: Heiresses of Russ 2012, edited by Connie Wilkins and Steve...
The second installment of Lethe Press’s newest series venture, Heiresses of Russ, has recently been released. As with the previous volume, the year’s guest editor (this time around, Connie Wilkins) has...
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James Ng Art Prints Sweepstakes!
In this sweepstakes we have the artwork of James Ng! James Ng (pronounced Ing) is a fast rising young artist currently residing in Hong Kong. Recently out of art school, James already has so many...
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Crystal Herbalists & Zombie-Fighting Exorcists: The Newest Work of James Ng
Four years ago, James Ng was a digital artist with an interesting project that caught the eye of the steampunk community. His “Imperial Steamworks” series recreated an alternate world where the Qing...
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The Feel-Good Movie of the Season: Disney’s Looper
We can’t get enough Looper here at Tor.com. We love it! We hate it! And now there’s a Disney version. More accurately, the folks at Screen Junkies have made a trailer for a Disney version. And it’s...
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Clockwork Angels Signed Sweepstakes!
We’ve got a copy of Kevin J. Anderson’s Clockwork Angels for one of you! An incredible collaboration between Anderson and the band Rush, Clockwork Angels tells a steampunk story like no other – all you...
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Rockin’ That Steampunk
In a world lit only by fireLong train of flares under piercing stars.I stand watching the steamliners roll by.That’s the first stanza of “Caravan,” the opening track of Clockwork Angels, the new album...
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The Secret of Miles on Revolution “No Quarter”
Welcome back post-apoc fans to this week’s recap of NBC’s Revolution! In this week’s episode, we discover just how the militia came to be the way it is, how Mark Pellegrino (Lost, Supernatural, Grimm)...
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