# Looking for book recommendation: fantasy meets steampunk **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-book-recommendation-fantasy-meets-steampunk/682777 "2014-03-03T20:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-book-recommendation-fantasy-meets-steampunk/682777/1 "2014-03-03T20:48:35Z")
I know steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy lit, but I’m looking for something like Middle Earth meets steampunk. The dwarves and goblins of World of Warcraft are a good example. So is the [Engineer](http://www.torchlight2game.com/classes/engineer) class in [Torchlight II](http://www.torchlight2game.com/). Any books like this? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-book-recommendation-fantasy-meets-steampunk/682777/2 "2014-03-03T21:20:54Z")
Go to the original steampunk authors: Tim Powers ( **The Anubis Gates** ), Esther Friesner (( **Druid’s Blood** ) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-book-recommendation-fantasy-meets-steampunk/682777/3 "2014-03-04T19:49:40Z")
[Retribution Falls](http://www.amazon.com/Retribution-Falls-Tale-Ketty-Jay-ebook/dp/B004J4WM8Q/ref=la_B001IQXQW4_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393962468&sr=1-2) and the rest of the Tales of the Ketty Jay books might be what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-book-recommendation-fantasy-meets-steampunk/682777/4 "2014-03-04T22:49:24Z")
Dru Pagliassotti’s Clockwork Heart is pretty nifty. Sequel is coming out soon - Iron Wind. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-book-recommendation-fantasy-meets-steampunk/682777/5 "2014-03-04T23:26:40Z")
You could also try the [Powder Mage](http://www.amazon.com/Promise-Blood-Powder-Mage-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B009SS9614/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393975523&sr=8-1&keywords=powdermage) series. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-book-recommendation-fantasy-meets-steampunk/682777/6 "2014-03-05T00:06:01Z")
China Mieville springs to mind. All the Baz Lag novels fit into this genre in a way and _Iron Council_ is exactly this. YMMV about Mieville’s world view and downer endings though. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-book-recommendation-fantasy-meets-steampunk/682777/7 "2014-03-05T01:11:39Z")
See “Literature” at TVTropes on [Magitek](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magitek), itself named from Final Fantasy VI.