The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

Musings from a travelling Steampunk

Tesla Gun and Halitosis

Traveler | 7. August 2010

Commuting to work every morning holds some terrors I have thus far not reckoned with. Well, it is the time of the summer holidays in Germany now, so the train is actually quite empty in the morning and I can pretty much sit by myself. However, the people at Deutsche Bahn in their infinite wisdom [...]

Review: Android Karenina

Traveler | 8. Juni 2010

A few weeks back, Tiffany Kelly of Quirk Classics invited me to do a review of Android Karenina. Being a literature enthusiast, I could not say no. So here’s my review of yet another great Steampunk novel. Android Karenina by Ben Winters is a Steampunk take on Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel and in deed, the [...]

Featured Artist and Review: The Cog is Dead – Steam Powered Stories

Traveler | 5. Mai 2010

Just last week, Captain John Sproket of The Cog is Dead contacted me via æthermail and inquiered whether I would be interested in reviewing their debut album, Steam Powered Stories: Why me? Am I actually that prominent or did Tom Slatter refer them or what is going on…? Anyway… Looking back now, I guess I [...]

Review: Dexter Palmer – The Dream of Perpetual Motion

Traveler | 2. Mai 2010

Of all the Steampunk novels I have read until now, The Dream of Perpetual Motion is the strangest and most bizarre tale. If I had to sum it up in one sentence it would be this: Shakespeare’s The Tempest set in a Steampunk world while Shakespeare was on a bad trip. Mr. Palmer draws heavily [...]

George Mann – Ghosts of Manhattan

Traveler | 7. März 2010

I was once again lucky enough to be able to do a pre-release review of a most excellent novel, Ghosts of Manhattan: After having done a review on Lavie Tidhar’s The Bookman I was eager to see how Ghosts of Manhattan would measure up against it. At first I was not too impressed. The plot [...]

The World House – One piece of insane genius

Traveler | 27. Februar 2010

For this entry I shall divert from the usual topics of this blog and point your attention to a book I just read. Guy Adams’ The World House, one of the most bizarre, exciting and engaging books I’ve ever lain my hands on. It took me a while to really get into the story of [...]