OR you... you could even read old sci-fi ala Jules Verne and Welles and Edgar Rice Burroughs and such, maybe?
E.R. Burroughs is pretty good (particularly if you want to read some Crazy Adventure), sometimes Verne is (but the summaries of his stories are always worth it), and Welles is not as widely read by me so far.
And, believe it or not, the old Wild Wild West tv-show? Pretty entertaining (from my scratchy memories). One main villain? A dwarf with a flair for NECROBOTICS! I sort of prefer the Wild West flavour of steampunk over the more Victorian flavour, partially because I prefer a more... traditional and less clockworky Pulp feel with my Victorian (you know, zeppelins and ray-guns and strange elixirs and so on).
A question about Perdid Street Station: Does it just start off kinda slow and... less-than-engaging? I tried to read it, but never got into it. I will read it, eventually, but...
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E.R. Burroughs is pretty good (particularly if you want to read some Crazy Adventure), sometimes Verne is (but the summaries of his stories are always worth it), and Welles is not as widely read by me so far.
And, believe it or not, the old Wild Wild West tv-show? Pretty entertaining (from my scratchy memories). One main villain? A dwarf with a flair for NECROBOTICS! I sort of prefer the Wild West flavour of steampunk over the more Victorian flavour, partially because I prefer a more... traditional and less clockworky Pulp feel with my Victorian (you know, zeppelins and ray-guns and strange elixirs and so on).
A question about Perdid Street Station: Does it just start off kinda slow and... less-than-engaging? I tried to read it, but never got into it. I will read it, eventually, but...