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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 5322959" data-attributes="member: 63">At Dragon*Con this year, Steampunk seemed like the in-thing for costumers. I don't have much experience with the genre. The closest I've gotten novel-wise is Mieville's Bas-Lag in Perdido Street Station, though E.N. Publishing did release 'The Fantastic Science' - a 3.5 book with technological gadgets that definitely could fit the steampunk theme.Do you read, or play, or dress steampunk-y? How do you like it?How broadly do you define the term? Does it need 'steam,' or a 'Victorian' sensibility? Is it the mixture of brass rivets and lots of leather and earth tones? Must a setting use technology in place of magic, or can magic and technology mingle?League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 'mainstream' example, though it's pretty low key. I read a few issues of Battle Chasers back in the day, which had a similar aesthetic, but it was all clearly magic. Could you theoretically lump in Final Fantasy 7 with its magitek? What do you think? I haven't seen a discussion of the genre on this site for a while, and I'm curious if the style appeals to people from a gaming perspective. Guns and gadgets vs. dungeons & dragons?</blockquote>