Tag Archives: Steampunk

Murdoch Mysteries

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Nick Matthews

The realm of television crime dramas is rather crowded. With the remaining Law and Order spinoffs, there are the various CSIs, the JAG spinoffs of NCIS and NCIS:LA, and any number of cop and lawyer dramas. It’s difficult to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cambridge, cameo, crime, drama, forensic, murdoch mysteries, mystery, Steampunk, stephen harper, television, toronto, victorian | 1 Comment

Book Review: Dreadnought by Cherie Priest

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Nick Matthews

Cherie Priest’s novel Boneshaker was released in 2009, and was an instant hit for it’s dramatic engagement with many of the steampunk tropes. It was named Steampunk Book of the Year by Steampunk.com The cover of the book was self-consciously … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged airships, alternate history, boneshaker, cherie priest, civil war, clockwork century, dreadnought, reading, review, Steampunk, zombies | 3 Comments

The Gernsback Continuum

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Nick Matthews

The lead story in Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded is The Gernsback Continuum, by William Gibson. This story is quite different from the Difference Engine, the novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. In this story, some sort of temporal rift … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading, Steampunk | Tagged mike pershon, retrofuturism, review, Steampunk, steampunk scholar, william gibson | Leave a comment

Holiday Books

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Nick Matthews

Books I received over the holidays include include: Steampunk Prime: A Vintage Steampunk Reader. Edited by Mike Ashley The Odyssey, by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles Media Writing: A Practical Introduction by Craig Batty and Sandra Cain After Theory by … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged after theory, ann vandermeer, barthes, bessie g redfield, books, cherie priest, chris wooding, convergence culture, craig batty, dreadnought, empire of signs, guns germs and steel, henry jenkins, homer, hope vestergaard, how we became posthuman, jared diamond, jean baudrillard, jeff vandermeer, lovecraft, mark poster, media writing, mythologies, n katherine hayles, necronomicon, new books, nothing rhymes with orange, odyssey, paolo bacigalupi, postaday, postaday2011, retribution falls, sandra cain, scott bukatman, slavoj zizek, Steampunk, steampunk prime, steampunk reloaded, terminal identity, terry eagleton, the windup girl, welcome to the desert of the real | Leave a comment

November Quick Reviews

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Nick Matthews

Reviews of K.W. Jeter’s “Infernal Devices”, Tim Powers’ “The Stress of Her Regard” and Cherie Priest’s “Boneshaker”. Continue reading →

Posted in Reading, Steampunk | Tagged boneshaker, cherie priest, clockwork century, infernal devices, kw jeter, review, Steampunk, the stress of her regard, tim powers | 1 Comment

Defining Steampunk

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Nick Matthews

Attempts to formally define steampunk are exercises in futility, similar to similar attempts at defining science fiction. Even Damon Knight’s definition of SF as “what we mean when we point to it” is problematic, as the “we” no longer refers … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading, Steampunk | Tagged definitions, science fiction, Steampunk | 5 Comments