Hvis du vil forberede dig tekstmæssigt til årets festival følger her nogle gode forslag til hvad du kunne læse.
Kritikernes ”best of steampunk” liste:
- Tim Powers: The Anubis Gates (1983)
- K.W Jeter: Infernal Devices (1987)
- William Gibson and Bruce Sterling: The Difference Engine (1991)
- China Mieville: Perdido Street Station (2000)
- Cherie Priest: Boneshaker (2009)
- George Mann: The Executioner’s Heart (2013)
- Alan Baker: The Martian Ambassdor (2011)
- Jonathan L. Howard: Johannes Cabal the Detective (2011)
- Mark Hodder: The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man (2011)
- Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer: Steampunk (2008) and Steampunk Re-loaded (2010)
Ser man i stedet på hvilke titler der nævnes på internettet i forskellige fanbaserede fora der omtaler steampunk, få man denne liste (ratingen er baseret på hvor mange gange de optræder på tværs af 20 forskellige lister/fora).
Fanbasens anbefalinger:
- The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
- Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock
- The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
- Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
- Infernal Devices by K.W. Jeter
- Steampunk by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
- 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- Soulless by Gail Carriger
- Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- Mainspring by Jay Lake
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore
- The Affinity Bridge by George Mann
- Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
- Homunculus by James P. Blaylock
- Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
- The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Fillipo
- The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide… by Jeff Vandermeer and S.J. Chambers
- The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
- Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
- Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
- The Scar by China Mieville
- The Land Leviathan by Michael Moorcock
- The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman
- The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man by Mark Hodder
- The Court of The Air by Stephen Hunt
- The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher
- Morlock Night by K. W. Jeter
- Extraordinary Engines by Nick Gevers
- Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Hvad findes der på dansk? På dansk har vi endnu ikke nogen god antologi – det håber vi er rettet når vi når frem til Fantasticon 2018, mere om dette projekt I et kommende nyhedsbrev . Men svenskerne har haft en del steampunk festivaler og der er bl.a. kommet en fin svensk steampunk antologi: Steampunksagor. Berättelser från en svunnen framtid (Whip Media, 2015). Bogen kan bl.a. købes hos Adlibris.com og Bokus.com, samt i SF Bokhandelen (Malmø, Göteborg, og Stockholm – samt online på www.sfbok.se).