TRP & Steampunk

[J.]

On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Paul DiFilippo wrote:

> The catalog description of MASON & DIXON leads me to hastily want
> to lump ther new TRP, sight unseen, into the "steampunk" category:
> po-mo reimaginings of the Victorian/Edwardian era employing a 
> comic tone, in an attempt to fathom the roots of our present.  See
> Gibson & Sterling's THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE, Doctorow's WATERWORKS,
> and my own THE STEAMPUNK TRILOGY.  Thoughts thereon???

Only that I hated _The Difference Engine_, and found in it considerably
less social commentary than your average 'cyberpunk' novel, especially
Sterling's.  On the other hand, Neil Stephenson's explorations of
"Neo-Voctorian" mores in _The Diamon Age_ were delightful.. 

J.

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