Steampunk

[Paul Di Filippo]

I'm heartened by Messr. Kyllo's endorsement of my humble volume, THE 
STEAMPUNK TRILOGY.  Thanks.

Steampunk comes in two varieties, the rigorously speculative and the 
more satirically fantastical.  My book is of the latter kind, while THE 
DIFFERENCE ENGINE is of the former.

Also check out:

Alan Moore's THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (original comics, 
not hash of a movie).
Tim Powers's THE ANUBIS GATE.

If you can get a hold of THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION, by Clute 
and Nichols, the entry on steampunk therein is informative.