Friday Question!

[princess]

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!)

Comments

[princess]

I would have to say that although it's not strictly steampunk, for me the answer has to be "The Prestige". Not only does it feature David Bowie as Nikola Tesla, but the mingling of technology and stage magic/illusion seems to me to capture the true essence of what steampunk is really all about. Three parts Science! and three parts wonder and imagination.

Plus the costumes are *amazing* and you get to see Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale tearing up the screen like whoa!

[miracled.livejournal.com]

I loved the twist ending on that movie. Boy they had it out for each other.

[miracled.livejournal.com]

I'd have to say Whitechapel Gods by S.M.Peters. It's incredibly descriptive in such a gritty way. It's great to follow so many people from so many perspectives, and a lot of the main characters grabbed me as soon as I saw them to be used later.

The back cover is as follows for anyone interested:

In Victorian London, the Whitechapel section has been cut off, enclosed by an impassable wall, and is now ruled by two mysterious mechanical gods. Mama Engine is the goddess of sentiment, a mother to her believers. Grandfather Clock represents logic and precision.

A few years have passed since the Uprising, when humans fought the gold cloaks, the black cloaks, and even the vicious Boiler Men, the brutal police force responsible for keeping humans in check. Today, Whitechapel is a mechanized, steam-driven hell. But a few brave veterans of the Uprising have formed a new resistance, and they are gathering for another attack. For now they have a secret weapon that may finally free them...or kill them.

[frogmonster]

"Professor Layton and the Curious Village" on the NDS. I adored the story, the music and the atmosphere. The puzzles are also very entertaining of course but I played it twice already just for the Sherlock Holmes meets Cogwheels feel.

[howlet]

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!)

[bliumchik]

Late to the boat, but I have to say Warren Elli's FreakAngels is pretty fucking awesome.

[dokkaebi]

Ellis's Aetheric Mechanics: A Graphic Novella is also pretty ace. :D