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Why do you like Steampunk?
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Cake or Pie?:
Best music in the world is?:
Are you a good egg?
What other goodreads groups do you like?:
Favorite non steampunk book:
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Name: AH
Home : Montreal
Why do you like Steampunk? I love all the cool contraptions
Favorite Steampunk book : Meljean Brook - The Iron Seas series
Favorite bit of clothing: The boots
Favorite accessory: the goggles
Cake or Pie?: cake - chocolate
Best music in the world is?: I like all kinds of music
Are you a good egg? but of course.
What other goodreads groups do you like?: UF, PNR, Sci Fi, Fantasy
Favorite non steampunk book:Daughter of the Forest/Juiet Marillier
Name: Liz
Home : New Jersey
Why do you like Steampunk? The clothes and weapons
Favorite Steampunk book : The Greyfriar by Clay and Susan Griffith
Favorite bit of clothing: jeans (regular) corsets (steampunk)
Favorite accessory: handbags (regular) airship (steampunk) :D
Cake or Pie?: pie! w/ice cream of course
Best music in the world is?: alt-rock
Are you a good egg? yep
What other goodreads groups do you like?: PNR/UF/F/Sci Fi/Historical fiction and/or romance
Favorite non steampunk book: Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
Name: DR
Home : Wisconsin
Why do you like Steampunk? I like the gadgets and the mystery of the era.
Favorite Steampunk book : The Clockwork Scarab or the Iron Duke
Favorite bit of clothing: Boots and Jackets
Favorite accessory: Fans. They are quite versatile.
Cake or Pie?: Pie
Best music in the world is?: Anything that touches your soul.
Are you a good egg? Depends on the circumstances.
What other goodreads groups do you like?: Fantasy, romance and some science fiction
Favorite non steampunk book: The Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas at the moment.
Name: Wade Garret
Home: In the time before Kingdom Come
Why do you like Steampunk?
From my interview with sherrierbooks.com: "The fact it’s being refurbished with vigor is very intriguing to me and central to many of Steampunk’s deepest themes. I like how you can pick’n’choose what’s possible via the lens of a particular world’s technological achievement—branches not always in lockstep with ours. Through such a unique framework, you can create a blend that doesn’t seem out of place. As an example: You can have a wireless computer being used by a gentleman dressed for dinner, aboard a transatlantic ship on its maiden-voyage to the Far East…and guess what, it’s OK. Why? The wireless computer doesn’t look like a MacBook; more like a clunky suitcase made from clock parts *perhaps bits of magic* and the battery, twice the size of the computer, has to be cranked by hand every time it's used. With Steampunk, much of it revolves around visuals, setting, textures. It’s not Hard Science Fiction. You don’t necessarily need to explain every bit of technology and the fans are OK with it."
Favorite Steampunk book : Outside of mine of course, is the work of Mark Hodder and Chris Wooding.
Favorite bit of clothing: Boots.
Favorite accessory: Goggles
Cake or Pie?: PIE!!!!!!!!!!
Best music in the world is?: Rock! *Folk to Metal!
Are you a good egg? No, I hate eggs—I'm a waffle, if you must know. :)
What other goodreads groups do you like?: Still looking around.
Favorite non steampunk book: Dune
Name: Anita Exley
Home : New Zealand
Why do you like Steampunk? Why not? Seriously? I love mixing historical with industrial, the romance of long skirts & corsets with weaponry, playing with history and asking "what if?"
Favorite Steampunk book : One? That is a request I cannot obey. Authors I love are Gail Carriger, Kady Cross and Meljean Brooks. I have to pimp my own book - Nefertiti's Heart and the sequel Hatshepsut's Collar will be out next month :)
Favorite bit of clothing: Corsets with jeans
Favorite accessory: I am currently putting together a writer's chatelaine, that will be indespensible.
Cake or Pie?: Pie
Best music in the world is?: I'm really into Lordes at the moment, a freakishly talented 16 yr old Kiwi
Are you a good egg? Of course, and soft boiled
What other goodreads groups do you like?: Fantasy & Sci-fi Readers
Favorite non steampunk book: Alison Weir's biographies, or anything about courtesans.
Name: Michael Coorlim
Home : Chicago
Why do you like Steampunk? I like the 19th century aesthetic, as well as the 'punk' aspects of social upheaval and struggle.
Favorite Steampunk book: The Difference Engine
Favorite bit of clothing: My boots. Just bought them.
Favorite accessory: My phone, probably.
Cake or Pie?: A cake made out of pies.
Best music in the world is?: Beethoven.
Are you a good egg? At times.
Favorite non steampunk book: Vonnegut anything.
Name: S.J.
Home : USA
Why do you like Steampunk? The re-imaging of a historical time. The interplay between what was and what would inevitably be changed by having such...other worldly devices. The costumes: that is number one.
Favorite Steampunk book : The Parasol Protectorate series and the Larklight trilogy by Philip Reeve
Favorite bit of clothing: (Real life) Jeans; (Steampunk) corsets and women's clothing in general
Favorite accessory: belt with various fun devices/ female top hat
Cake or Pie?: Either as long as it's chocolate
Best music in the world is?: Broadway, Dubstep, The Piano Guys
Are you a good egg? Yes
What other goodreads groups do you like?: I'm still looking into them but I like the Jane Austen Reading Group so far.
Favorite non steampunk book: The Scarlet Pimpernel, hands down. Then Pride and Prejudice, Jasper Fforde books, Mary Russell Sherlock Holmes series, and basically anything with Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, and mysteries.