tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post706844046369324877..comments2024-03-28T07:09:28.500+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Books Received | The BoSS for 23/10/11Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-13072807875708490612011-11-06T16:23:59.183+00:002011-11-06T16:23:59.183+00:00It's to do with the setting and technology, Ni...It's to do with the setting and technology, Niall.<br /><br />Steampunk uses, oddly enough, steam power. So the fuels tend to be things like coal, I guess. Often they have a Victorian feel to the setting, too. As for Dieselpunk, the technology is more advanced (as you may know from Leviathan/Behemoth, which have combustion engines and things) and the setting is a little bit more advanced.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584173641687026307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-43709095111496201692011-10-28T00:11:14.973+01:002011-10-28T00:11:14.973+01:00That's kind of disappointing. The pictures are...That's kind of disappointing. The pictures are so pretty! But of course beauty is only diesel deep.<br /><br />I've never understood all this somethingpunk business anyway. Cyberpunk, sure... that made sense. But since? Literary lunacy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-78417292348229292032011-10-23T17:51:04.686+01:002011-10-23T17:51:04.686+01:00Gaaaaaaaah, the Leviathan trilogy is Dieselpunk, i...Gaaaaaaaah, the Leviathan trilogy is Dieselpunk, it's not Steampunk. I'm going to beat the marketer to death with a barking beastie for that. Argh! Sorry, Niall, not a dig at you, but it makes it clear that it's dieselpunk so why it's marketed as steampunk is beyond me.<br /><br />I thought Goliath was mostly more of the same, but with a good and bad finale. Well, I'm sure you can guess what happens in Goliath, but really I'd say pass if you've got more interesting books to read. It really is a by-the-book read (Pun not intended).<br /><br />If I had to criticise it, it's that I felt Westerfeld forgot the attitude and behaviour of a certain ladyboffin, and that he stretched Deryn/Dylan's hiding way too far. I didn't buy it in Leviathan, I certainly didn't buy it in Goliath.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584173641687026307noreply@blogger.com