Traveler | 6. Juni 2013
So here it is, Leviathans in the Clouds (Space: 1889 & Beyond Season Two), the second Space:1889 & Beyond tale set on Venus and I was a bit weary. After the horrific Nazi-stereotype parade that was Vandals on Venus I braced myself for impact. My fears were unfounded, I am glad to say. There is [...]
Traveler | 25. Mai 2013
On this Towel Day 2013 I shall do something different. I shall go out there and use my towel to flag down a UFO. If you do not hear or read from me in a while, I may have been successful.
Traveler | 16. Mai 2013
Want to get your children into Steampunk at a really early age? Why not use the Steampunk Alphabet Book: It is not only a wonderful tool for early exposure to your favourite subculture and an excellent way to teach very early learning skills, no, as you can see, it is also a beautiful work of [...]
Traveler | 21. April 2013
Today’s episode of the Non-Euclidean Æthercast focusses on things that are going on in German Steampunk literature, my backlist of books to review and an upcoming presentation I will give on Steampunk at TU Dortmund (the U is for University, in case you wonder). Please Enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes Podcast: Play in new [...]
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Traveler | 20. April 2013
When I first heard Guy Adams had published a weird west-steampunk-horror novel, the first of a trilogy no less, I simply had to get my hands on it. After reading The World House and Restoration, I thought it would be a safe bet The Good, The Bad and The Infernal would also be a great [...]
Traveler | 12. April 2013
The first thing that struck me about Vintage Tomorrows was its size. Almost 400 pages of information on Steampunk, maker culture, counter-culture, history of the scene, events, and the list goes on. The authors James H. Carrott and Brian D. Johnson set out to discover the scene for themselves and take a very personal dive. [...]
Traveler | 9. April 2013
One of my favourite authors, Guy Adams, whose two part World House series I have reviewed here on this blog has posted a guest article on the very prestigious SFX.co.uk website. Please check out the full article. In short, the blog post is about Guy Adams’ weird west/Steampunk western The Good, The Bad And The [...]
Traveler | 4. April 2013
Traveler | 28. März 2013
I can imagine far worse things, since this one is not too bad at all. What I am talking about? This: I have made it on the sleeve of the print edition of Cari Silverwood’s second part of the Steamworks Chronicles, Lust Plague.
Traveler | 23. März 2013
Chinua Achebe, one of the greatest African writers of our time has passed on. The Wikipedia summarises his work thus: … Achebe’s novels focus on the traditions of Igbo society, the effect of Christian influences, and the clash of Western and traditional African values during and after the colonial era. His style relies heavily on [...]
I am an anthropologist and in this capacity a minor scholar of the Cthulhu Mythos and H.P. Lovecraft. I am also quite obviously heavily into Steampunk and Dieselpunk and like travelling.
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