Well, presuming that you like women, that is.
Anyway, if you look at this:
…and your response is Yowza, congratulations: you’ll probably be into Steampunk. I suggest that you start with The Difference Engine, The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club
, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
, and go on from there.
Via Nodwick.
If you’re into Steampunk, I’d definitely recommend checking out some of China MiĆ©ville’s novels — especially The Scar and Perdido Street Station.
I had the hardest time getting into Perdido Street Station (not sure why). That was my Mieville gateway book; is The Scar sufficiently different that I should give it another shot?