the difference engine

Book of the Week: Agatha H. and the Airship City.

Actual thought process on this one:

I don’t know why people are making such a big deal about a reprint of Agatha H. and the Airship City (Girl Genius) anyway OH WOW IT’S AN ACTUAL HONEST-TO-GOD BOOK INSTEAD OF JUST A HARDCOVER OF ALL THE COMICS WHICH WOULD NOT BE A BAD THING BUT OH WOW THIS IS SO COOL.

And so, adieu to The Difference Engine (Spectra special editions).

How to tell if you’d be into Steampunk.

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.