# Steampunk/Gaslamp Fantasy--titles requested

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunk-gaslamp-fantasy-titles-requested/366418>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 28, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunk-gaslamp-fantasy-titles-requested/366418 "2006-07-28T16:07:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunk-gaslamp-fantasy-titles-requested/366418/21 "2006-07-30T22:56:49Z")

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Harry Harrison’s mostly forgotten **A Transatlantic Tunnel! Hurrah!** predates most steampunk with its alternate history techno-Victorian setting, but it’s splendidly readable, and has a nice lightness of touch.

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunk-gaslamp-fantasy-titles-requested/366418/22 "2006-07-30T23:15:48Z")

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My favorite comics author, Grant Morrison, did a three-issue steampunk comic called **Sebastian O** about 10 or 12 years ago. The collection is vailable, and most bookstores and comics stores should be able to order it if they don’t have it on the shelf. It’s pretty good, but not great, and most of the steamtech stuff is pretty peripheral.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunk-gaslamp-fantasy-titles-requested/366418/23 "2006-07-31T09:09:45Z")

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> [@Hello Again](#):
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> I’ve heard good things about _The Iron Dragon’s Daughter_ by Michael Moorcock but I haven’t read it myself.

Michael Swanwick, actually… yuppie elves overseeing Dickensian sweatshops!

> [@ITR champion](#):
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> James Stoddard’s The High House and The False House

Two of my favourites!

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**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunk-gaslamp-fantasy-titles-requested/366418/24 "2006-07-31T14:56:01Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
Want something “lighthearted,” but at the same time really **deep** and intellectually **heavy?**

I applaud your recommendation of The Adventures of Doctor Esterhazy & I share your admiration for the late Avram Davidson.

Had you heard that a new edition of _Adventures in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual Foundations of Several Ancient Legends_ will be available in November? (Used copies run for $800 & up.)

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