Books

May’s always been a peak time for retrofuturistic adventuring, and there’s at least one event happening every weekend next month. Reporting about them is my pal Kevin Steil, the Airship Ambassador and our guest contributor S.J. Chambers, best known...

J.M. Barrie’s classic Peter Pan has seen its share of adaptations. It started off in 1904 as a play that opened at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London, and later became written down as a novel in 1911. Peter Pan has also took to the silver screen,...

Spring is coming… and along with Easter bunnies, tax deadlines, and International Children’s Book Day, the steampunk convention season is in full swing, with new and seasoned cons happening throughout the U.S. and around the world this April. My fe...

Fans of dragons and historical alternate history alike must know about Naomi Novik’s popular Temeraire series, where dragons and men battle during the Napoleonic Wars. Lively, uniquely-drawn characters and intriguing takes on history are two aspects ...

Steampunks are a-gathering as the tail-end of the winter season arrives (and it’s still appropriate to wear all those layers!) Among other things this March, stop in for a pub quiz at The Way Station, celebrate Steampunk Ottawa’s 3rd anniversary, o...

Before Jules Verne and H.G. Wells came onto the literary scene with their scientific romances, another genius inventor took the stage: Frank Reade, the 19th century whiz kid who tackled the globe with his fleet of electronic-powered vehicles in a serie...

Steampunks of the Pacific Northwest, mark your calenders for a trio of steampunk book events that will amaze and inspire. Boy genius Frank Reade took the 19th-century by storm in sci-fi periodicals that showcased his globe-trotting escapades and his ar...

For every upcoming month, I’ll be spotlighting various steampunk events across the US and around the world (we’re a social bunch!) with the help of the Airship Ambassador and the occasional guest from the steampunk community.  For February, wi...

The steampunk community is pretty open to all creative types, but for those who are looking for any basic how-to books in order to get those artistic juices flowing, they are of a limited sort. A few craft books exist for jewelry and sewing projects, a...

“I really wanted to write a pulp detective story and everything that it would entail, so I set in New York City,” Adam Christopher explained during his reading of Empire State at the Mid-Manhattan Library last Tuesday. Our reading location was...

In our round-up for steampunk events in January, the description for the theater production Miranda was certain intriguing to me. Murder mysteries are always fun, but a steampunk murder mystery? That’s an opera? Where all of the actors play thei...

Looking to get more into steampunk for 2012? You’re just in time for my annual steampunk conventions listing. Last year, we had 25 steampunk and steam-relevant conventions advertised. This year, the number has expanded to 32, including several ones o...