Comments on: Putting the punk into the steam

By: filigree engagement ring mountings

filigree engagement ring mountings — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:48:59 +0000

Is that one ring or is it a solitaire with a guard?

By: adriantchaikovsky

adriantchaikovsky — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:47:54 +0000

Terry Pratchett pulls something similar with Strata - the human culture that we meet initially seems to be ours, but then the errors start creeping in, such as finding that they had a Reme and a Reman Empire, because the other brother got the naming privileges…

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:56:55 +0000

I had a conversation just the other day about the use of the familiar in order to highlight divergence. The book in question was Paul Hoffman’s Left Hand of God. It’s not really steampunk or alternate history, but at times it feels like a little bit of both. The world feels so familiar, but there are subtle, jarring differences that serve to unsettle us as readers and remind us that we’re not in Kansas anymore. What I love about worlds like this is how easily it allows us to examine our own world through the lense of one only slightly different.

By: Babel Clash: Putting the Punk into the Steam : Shadows of the Apt

Babel Clash: Putting the Punk into the Steam : Shadows of the Apt — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:34:05 +0000

[...] Another rant on Borders’ site to be found here. [...]