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Excerpt: 10 Reasons You Should Drop Everything Right Now And Read Steampunk by Heather Massey
guest post at The Pen & Muse Book Reviews
1) Steampunk is the great multitasker. While the genre is generally set during Earth’s Victorian era, authors have placed steampunk elements in a variety of settings, including alternate fantasy worlds, the American Old West, space, and Africa. In fact, because of its versatility, you may have already read some steampunk and didn’t even know it. Way to go!
2) Steampunk has airships, which frankly are way cooler than space ships.
3) Mystery is a popular partner of steampunk. Investigators in steampunk stories discover all kinds of strange and unusual contraptions in their quest to solve the crime. The real mystery then becomes, why don’t I get to have all of that loot, for real, in my personal collection?
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