Steampunk

Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." The term denotes works set in an era or world where STEAM POWER is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like ...more

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The Library of Memories
The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, #3)
City of Mirth and Malice (Vows of Vengeance, #2)
The Anatomy of Magic (Darkest Divine, #1)
The Invisible College (The Invisible College, #1)
Les Fiancés de l'hiver (La Passe-Miroir BD, #1)
The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House
Warriorborn (The Cinder Spires #1.5)
The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2)
The Goldsmith's Conspiracy (Glass and Steele, #13)
The Tomb of Dragons (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #3)
Speaking Bones (The Dandelion Dynasty, #4)
The Most Boring Book Ever
Sky's End (Above the Black, #1)
The Spy Master's Scheme (Glass and Steele, #12)
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
Changeless (Parasol Protectorate, #2)
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3)
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)
The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)
Behemoth (Leviathan, #2)
Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2)
The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1)
Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
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Gail Carriger
“ Faith was enjoying her evening, the looming presence of Major Channing notwithstanding. He seemed to swoop in at odd times, presenting her with a glass of punch or distracting her from her conversation by glowering fiercely. She noticed that if she paid any one gentleman too much attention for too long a time, the major would make himself known. Then he would disappear and ignore her once more. It was sublimely aggravating. Like being desired by a very large mosquito. ”
― Gail Carriger, How to Marry a Werewolf

Cherie Priest
“ OMG YOU GUYS it has come to my attention that SOMEONE on the internet is saying that my fictional 19th century zombies are NOT SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND. Naturally, I am crushed. To think, IF ONLY I’d consulted with a zombologist or two before sitting down to write, I could’ve avoided ALL THIS EMBARRASSMENT. ”
― Cherie Priest

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