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Learning to read – Steampunk Style!

| 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 [...]

The surprising need for strangeness

| 15. Mai 2013

Strangeness is great. After all, we Steampunks are a pretty strange bunch. Now listen to this: Strangeness is a great thing, triggering innovation and change, as Maria Bezaitis will tell you: So people: Stay strange and help humanity! Oh, and by the way: Have you noticed the Steampunk decor in the background? Yes, it seems [...]

Steampunk Magic Book – The Fundraiser

| 9. Mai 2013

Alex of the Steampunk Magic Book (see below) got back to me and informed me he now has a fundraiser running to get the book in print. Concerning the fundraiser, I think it is most important to know that the art, all 48 pages of it, is already finished. The fundraiser is for the print [...]

Reader’s Feedback

| 1. Mai 2013

Well, what can I say, it is things like this that make writing this blog more than just worthwhile and have turned it into more than a hobby. From my ætherbox: I love you all!

Spanish Steampunk Magic Book

| 29. April 2013

I have often times praised the Spanish Steampunk scene here on my blog. Our Spanish friends have created a scene that just keeps on creating. Case in point, Alex of Steampunkeye has created a Steampunk magic book, a work in progress and looking very promising: So, pay him a visit and check the site out (it [...]

Sci-Fi Web Series Dirigible Days Announces Comic Book Sequel

| 27. April 2013

Sorry, people, I am a bit late (this came in over a week ago) but you know how it is sometimes… Anyway, it is with great pleasure, I point your attention to the following announcement:   St. Louis, April 19, 2013 – Day 304 Productions is developing a comic book sequel to their award-winning steampunk [...]

Battleship Barnum’s Dream – It truely is a dream

| 24. April 2013

Ladies and gentlemen, every now and then, I find a true jewel in my ætherbox, a link to a site, video or image that s truly inspiring. Today, I found an æthermail by the most honourable gentleman Ed Ross,presenting his creation, the battleship Barnum’s Dream. A stunning masterpiece of craftsmanship and a suitable story to [...]

The Non-Euclidean Æthercast #16: Literature and University

| 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 [...]

Review: The Good, The Bad and The Infernal by Guy Adams

| 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 [...]

Steampunk Photoshoot with Mahafsoun

| 17. April 2013

The fair lady Mahafsoun, regular readers of this blog will be familiar with her, has now officially crossed into Steampunk after carving out a significant place for herself in the Heavy Metal and Gothic scenes. I think it was only a matter of time, since the scenes are connected anyway and Mahafsoun is doing a [...]