tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791084360727373309.post2640277725829104618..comments2023-09-27T08:59:17.508-05:00Comments on The Lesser Key of Tere: Steampunk Heroines FTW!Tere Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791084360727373309.post-69514557254458595612011-11-18T13:53:38.024-06:002011-11-18T13:53:38.024-06:00For some reason this comment from Sophia only show...For some reason this comment from Sophia only showed up in my email, but it's too good to leave out!:<br /><br />Sophia Chang has left a new comment on your post "Steampunk Heroines FTW!":<br /><br />"No. I am very not punk. I have zero interest in steampunk and the hipster-ness of it in L.A. makes me kind of hate it automatically. I went to a 4th of July gathering at some steampunk themed club downtown 3 years ago and instantly hated every single hipster who wore those stupid metal goggles and overpriced buckles.<br /><br />There I said it.<br /><br />Aren't you glad you asked? :P"<br /><br />ROFL, I had no idea the hipsters in your region were so nerdy. Ours are all into obscure bands no one's ever heard of, and eating in the trendy ethnic restaurants. I just hope jacking steampunk isn't next on the horizon for them. <br /><br />As Cherie said, it ain't punk to let others dictate what steampunk is to you. So it sure as sh^t ain't punk to hop on the brass-goggle bandwagon just because it looks 'cool'. :P<br /><br />TGE, Krispy, if I'd read this as a kid, I'd have wanted to BE Deryn. She's a great role-model for girls, IMO.<br /><br />Alexandra, isn't it freeing to be able to throw the pages of history in the bin like that and rewrite it? I think that's one of my favorite aspects of the wip!Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791084360727373309.post-55245587683803867122011-11-17T18:44:53.707-06:002011-11-17T18:44:53.707-06:00I love steampunk--it's one of my favorite genr...I love steampunk--it's one of my favorite genres/subgenres. I've never really tried writing it myself, though I'd love to try to someday.<br /><br />And Deryn Sharp is an awesome character!Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791084360727373309.post-3179030289129216902011-11-17T18:06:17.349-06:002011-11-17T18:06:17.349-06:00Yes ma'am! I love to read and write steampunk!...Yes ma'am! I love to read and write steampunk! The one dark fantasy novel I wrote for adults started out as steampunk--the darkness and zombies took over, but there are still some cool gadgets and I like to say it has a steampunk twist. And I always make up my own history. ;)Alexandra Shostakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517091878608894496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791084360727373309.post-32264802375772959172011-11-17T13:52:58.070-06:002011-11-17T13:52:58.070-06:00I ADORED Dylan/Deryn. She just got more and more a...I ADORED Dylan/Deryn. She just got more and more awesome as the books went. Such a bamf. :) But yes, on top of that, my favorite thing about the series had to be the worldbuilding. Such gorgeous, wonderful worldbuilding!<br /><br />As you know, I love steampunk though I haven't actually <i>read</i> a lot of it. But I like the aesthetic of the whole thing. Other than Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series and the Leviathan trilogy, the only other steampunk I've read recently is The Iron Thorn. It was an interesting world, but a little hard to get through because it's densely descriptive (but also kind of weirdly hard to imagine?). I'm also working on a fantasy with Alz right now that has steampunk trappings. :)Krispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492607213249874138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791084360727373309.post-40868367637402052932011-11-17T12:44:07.769-06:002011-11-17T12:44:07.769-06:00I love Scott Westerfeld's books--Leviathan and...I love Scott Westerfeld's books--Leviathan and Uglies series. He's so inventive, the world-building is superb, as well as the character development.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791084360727373309.post-20757222124390518342011-11-17T09:56:40.580-06:002011-11-17T09:56:40.580-06:00Haha! Yeah, I've heard that Boneshaker is a li...Haha! Yeah, I've heard that Boneshaker is a little dry, but I figure it's time to give it a chance, since I'm writing my own alternate reality America. <br /><br />But seriously, Leviathan is amazing. The action alone that drives the story would be enough to make me keep reading, but it's my love for Dylan that had me eagerly awaiting each new installment.Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791084360727373309.post-26594806445900036812011-11-17T09:53:40.148-06:002011-11-17T09:53:40.148-06:00I loooooooooove the concept of steampunk, but I ha...I loooooooooove the concept of steampunk, but I haven't found a book that I really want to dive into. I started the Boneshaker book (the concept sounded AMAZING), but it was really technical. Reminded me of sci-fi, which I don't at all enjoy. I also tried to read Uglies and didn't enjoy it, so I haven't picked up Leviathan. But I really want to. You promise it's worth it? I'll hold you to it :).JEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043891292719086478noreply@blogger.com