{"id":6440,"date":"2024-07-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/?p=6440"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:32:25","slug":"steampunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/2024\/07\/24\/steampunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Steampunk Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you like a little science fiction in your Victorian era historical fiction? Then you just might like steampunk. Here are some classics in this science fiction sub-genre that you may enjoy, including Jules Verne\u2019s TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, which is often considered the first steampunk novel. We have both stand-alone and series in the list below, and \u00a0we\u2019ve even included a nonfiction title for those who want to learn more about this phenomenon. As always when listing a series, we have started you off with the first title. So, strap on those goggles, don your top hat, and enter into the strange and fantastic world of steampunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Series<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Burton and Swinburne Series<\/strong><br>STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING HEELED JACK by Mark Hodder (DB 73822)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cinder Spires Series<\/strong><br>AERONAUT&#8217;S WINDLASS by Jim Butcher (DB 82604)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Clockwork Century Series<\/strong><br>BONESHAKER by Cherie Priest (DB 70887)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Hungry City Chronicles Series<\/strong><br>MORTAL ENGINES by Philip Reeve (DB 58198)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Infernal Devices Series<\/strong><br>CLOCKWORK ANGEL by Cassandra Clare (DB 72530)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Iron Seas Series<\/strong><br>IRON SEAS SERIES, BOOKS 1-4 by Meljean Brook (DB 84388)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Leviathan Series<\/strong><br>LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld (DB 70906)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Matt Cruse Series<\/strong><br>AIRBORN by Kenneth Oppel (DB 59792, BRG 00708)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>New Crobuzon Series<\/strong><br>PERDIDO STREET STATION by China Mieville (DB 58795)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Parasol Protectorate Series<\/strong><br>SOULLESS by Gail Carriger (DB 81166)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Stoker and Holmes Series<\/strong><br>CLOCKWORK SCARAB by Colleen Gleason (DB 79548)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Tales of Ketty Jay Series<\/strong><br>RETRIBUTION FALLS by Chris Wooding (DB 89160)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stand-Alone Novels<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>AGAINST THE DAY by Thomas Pynchon (DB 63890)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DIAMOND AGE by Neal Stephenson (DB 41956)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DIFFERENCE ENGINE by William Gibson (DB 36050)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TIME MACHINE by H. G. Wells (DB 33367, BR 08652, LB 06039)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne (DB 57020, BR 09469)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>STEAMPUNK BIBLE: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF IMAGINARY AIRSHIPS, CORSETS AND GOGGLES, MAD SCIENTISTS, AND STRANGE LITERATURE by Jeff Vandermeer (DBG 09391)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you like a little science fiction in your Victorian era historical fiction? Then you just might like steampunk. Here are some classics in this science fiction sub-genre that you may enjoy, including Jules Verne\u2019s TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/2024\/07\/24\/steampunk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[220,37],"tags":[506,4,9,123,845,846],"class_list":["post-6440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-lists","category-readers-advisory-2","tag-book-lists","tag-reader-advisory","tag-readers-advisory","tag-science-fiction","tag-steampunk","tag-steampunk-classics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6441,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6440\/revisions\/6441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}