Appendix AThis Way Lies Madness

I assume that if you have gotten this far into the book, you were either already quite interested in Steampunk or are hungry for more. Allow me to help broaden your gear-laden horizons by including here a list of recommended reading and/or viewing to help you get a better sense of this fantastical aesthetic.

I could, of course, write an entire new book and not cover half of what I might consider the essentials. I have decided to include, therefore, only a very, very select list of suggested readings and viewings. This is not to indicate in any way that these are the very best that the genre has to offer, but rather that these titles include design elements or inspirations that have been formative in my own development ...

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