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(salt, sweat,) sugar on the asphalt ([personal profile] princess) wrote in [community profile] steampunk2009-04-24 09:03 am
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Friday Question!

Alright, this week's Friday Question is a little selfish, but I've watched all my DVDs so...

What's your favorite Steampunk media work? It can be a book, a CD, a DVD or something else! Tell us a little bit about it! Maybe you'll make a connection with someone else who loves your obscure theremin recordings...or maybe you'll find something you never heard of and want to check out!

(As always, answers in the comments please!)
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[personal profile] howlet 2009-04-29 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
My favorite would have to be Airborn by Kenneth Oppel. (It also has two excellent sequels: Skybreaker and Starclimber.) The story unfolds 800 feet in the air on one of the luxury airships that dominate the skies in the Victorian-age setting. The airship Aurora is kind of the Titanic of the skies but the story is very much angled at a Treasure Island-like adventure. In addition, the traditional steampunk inventions (particularly the flying variety), air pirates, strange creatures, a strong plot, and an excellent hero and heroine team create quite a story. And that's only in the first novel...!

(Why, yes, it does have a website!)

(*Edit: Go, link, go!)
Edited 2009-04-29 06:26 (UTC)