You can listen to this episode on our Lost In Sci-Fi channel at Anchor.fm! This week Elizabeth and Leland talk all about Steampunk. The awesome genre that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. It’s amazing. That’s all you need to know. So please download and enjoy.
I picked up this one thinking that it was going to be one of those adapted-classics-with-a-twist, like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies or Android Karenina. It isn’t. In 1958, the submarine Plongeur had just begun its maiden voyage when the ballast tanks, steering, and engine all experienced catastrophic failure at the same time. The vessel
I’ve decided that, as a fan of the steampunk genre, it’s a shame and a crime that I haven’t read more Jules Verne. As a fan of Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series, not reading the original tale of Captain Nemo is just unacceptable. A classic science fiction story along the lines of Journey To The Center of the