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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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)
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
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Mark Hodder
Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended.
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