[ SECRET POST #2059 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2059 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 045 secrets from Secret Submission Post #294.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

04. http://oi48.tinypic.com/2upftar.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I have, and honestly I didn't think it was very good.

[(Anonymous)]

Is this referring to The Difference Engine? Because, man, don't bother, that's a fucking terrible book.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you nonnies, now I don't feel so bad. I always harboured this fear, and I think that's why I never dove in. It was either going to be *so* *great* it would go totally over my head, or so awful that it wouldn't, and I didn't want to find out, either way.

[(Anonymous)]

...And which book is it? Come on, OP!

[dethtoll]

the difference engine is okay. it's more notable for codifying a lot of the tropes of steampunk as we know it today.

i absolutely prefer the neuromancer trilogy, but that's because 80% of my brain looks like blade runner.

[(Anonymous)]

...the fuck does Neuromancer have to do with steampunk?

[dethtoll]

they're from the same author? don't be dense.

[(Anonymous)]

Still ain't steampunk.

[dethtoll]

never said it was.

[(Anonymous)]

Sooo if this secret was like, "I love sci-fi but I've never read Foundation," and I was like, "I prefer Asimov's Guide to the Bible," that wouldn't seem at all non-sequitur?

[solarbird]

You've read Neuromancer, apparently; look up the historical relationship between cyberpunk and steampunk as literary movements in sometime, and note the commonality of authors in the earliest days. They have common roots.

[dethtoll]

i think you're asking too much of anon.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, thanks, I reread the Sprawl Trilogy every few years, glad to know I'm not alone. Sorry you got flamed by a nonny. D-:

Re: OP

[dethtoll]

it happens :)

[unicornherds]

So is the book a secret? A super secret code only other steampunk people will get? A way to subtly weed out the unworthy?

[(Anonymous)]

MTE.

I mean, now there is reverse image search, but it still feels like a coded message for a secret club of science fiction and/or steampunk fanatics.

[blueonblue]

I like steampunk clothing, but I have no desire to read The Difference Engine. The number of books I can read in my lifetime is limited, so I feel no obligation to wade through mediocre prose before putting on a pair of goggles.

[solarbird]

Am I the only person here who really liked The Difference Engine? Really?

I mean, admittedly, I'm in the "steampunk, whatevs" camp - I don't hate on it, I just don't care much - but I quite enjoyed the book.

[blueonblue]

Mediocre is a bit unfair, "workmanlike prose" is what I mean.

[(Anonymous)]

There was a moment where I thought this said, "womanlike prose," and I was kind of offended.

[solarbird]

Fair enough. It just seems everyone's so down on it, and I don't see why. I mean, it's not BEST NOVEL EVAR material, but I found it a nice lark and pleasantly atmospheric.

[cloud_riven]

Huh. There's something mandatory to enjoying steampunk other than appreciating steam engines, Victorian everyland, goggles, and endless gears on everything? Whatevs.

[grackle]

I was surprised two of my favorite authors could get together and write a book that was so absolutely dull to read.

[mutantjules.livejournal.com]

........well now I have to look up this book to see if it's as horrible as most of FS seems to think.