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aarti · 2nd November 2006, 09:52 PM

I think Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle could be described as slightly steampunk (though the movie more than the book, I suppose). And I think Caroline Stevermer's A College of Magics/A Scholar of Magics is steampunk, too.

I usually lump the genre with a sort of alternate history, though. But I generally like historical fantasy that takes place in a world sort of like 1650-1800 Europe- at least, I like it more than the medieval worlds most fantasy authors employ. And I don't really like "current" fantasy, in that I don't have much interest in ones that take place in the present-day. So maybe I'm just REALLY picky!

2nd November 2006, 09:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
aarti bibliophile Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 220	Re: Steampunk?!!!! I think Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle could be described as slightly steampunk (though the movie more than the book, I suppose). And I think Caroline Stevermer's A College of Magics/A Scholar of Magics is steampunk, too. I usually lump the genre with a sort of alternate history, though. But I generally like historical fantasy that takes place in a world sort of like 1650-1800 Europe- at least, I like it more than the medieval worlds most fantasy authors employ. And I don't really like "current" fantasy, in that I don't have much interest in ones that take place in the present-day. So maybe I'm just REALLY picky!