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 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:11 pm
I have loved this book series for the last six years. The series is not purely steampunk, but it is anachronistic. It's set in a sort of alternate reality or period of history. The characters' clothing, the buildings, and some of the vehicles are very old-fashioned and steampunk. Then there are parts of the story when rubber soled tennis shoes and computers are also mentioned. The series is very eerie, and despite the supposed 8th grade reading level, the humor and illustrations are definitely appealing to an older crowd as well. There is a movie adaptation as well as a video game that were created, and they both are anachronistic like the book series. I'm sure most of the people in this gild have heard of this series, but I recommend reading the books. I also recommend the tie-n books like The Beatrice Letters and The Unauthorized Autobiography of Lemony Snicket.
On a side note, the author of the books is in a two-person band called The Gothic Archies. The music has a lot of accordion and violin and sounds like it's being recorded in a bank vault much of the time. It has a sort of steampunk feel as well, especially since the band's music is a soundtrack for the audio books.
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:50 am
Accordion and violin! I will have to look into this band!
As for the books, I enjoyed them greatly, except for the last book. The authour isn't really much good at wrapping anything up, but has a very amusing writing style. Also, Brett Helquist (the illustrator) is amazing. He may be one of my favourite illustrators.
I don't, however, see much steampunk in them, besides the outfits.
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:46 pm
I have the Gothic Archies MP3's on my computer and in fact get much amusement out of "Walking my Gargoyle".
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:14 pm
I liked the books of A Series of Unfortunate Events, but I never finished, and I'm not sure why. confused
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:32 pm
I loved the books!
I'll need to check out the other two you've mentioned, though because I've never heard of them.
Thank you!
I'm always in need of a new book to read.
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:06 am
The movie was incredibly steampunk
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:11 pm
I saw the movie, it was anachronistic.
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:16 am
I love the series and have all of the books by Lemony Snicket, except for his very last one, which I think had something to do with Horseradish. I loved the way the clues were set up in the books, although I wasn't a very big fan of The End.
My favorite character was Violet Baudelaire. ^_^
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