Apr 08 2010
SEVEN DAYS OF FLASH – Day Four "Rockets and Dames"
Ended up doing a steampunk thing today. Take a typical broken Ridler character, shove a rocket on his back, and have him fly through subway tunnels and what do you get? A noirish steampunk tale called "Rockets and Dames"!
And, yes, I am one of the pro steampunk faction. Not that I understand it much in terms of fiction (how much of modern steampunk owes anything to the Difference Engine? And how "punk" is the Victorian era?), but the aesthetic is pretty rocking, and I like to see its basic principals, whatever the hell they are, shoved into different times and venues (from Victorian England, to the wild west, to the 1930s, etc). Also, when you go to cons, those steampunk kids are usually the best dressed of the costume crowd (my apologize to all the overweight, butt cracked Boba Fetts out there).
Now, back to my regularly scheduled novel.
JSR
And, yes, I am one of the pro steampunk faction. Not that I understand it much in terms of fiction (how much of modern steampunk owes anything to the Difference Engine? And how "punk" is the Victorian era?), but the aesthetic is pretty rocking, and I like to see its basic principals, whatever the hell they are, shoved into different times and venues (from Victorian England, to the wild west, to the 1930s, etc). Also, when you go to cons, those steampunk kids are usually the best dressed of the costume crowd (my apologize to all the overweight, butt cracked Boba Fetts out there).
Now, back to my regularly scheduled novel.
JSR
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