A review by bloodravenlib
The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature by Jeff VanderMeer

4.0

The strength of this book for me lies in the photography. They did a great job on the photos and spreads. In fact, I found myself wishing they had done some more and made this more of a coffee table book. The book is pretty comprehensive in looking at steampunk from the literary, the artistic, popular culture, craftmanship, fashion, and media. Given I am more of a reader, the parts I found most interesting were those related to literature and graphic novels. However, there is a bit of everything in this book. If nothing else, this book will make you want to seek out some of the literary works mentioned in order to read them. For some folks, you may want to seek out some films or maybe try your hand at a new outfit to wear. If you enjoy steampunk in any of its forms, you want to take a look at this book. It is certainly one that lends itself to browsing as well. I read it from cover to cover, but skimming is perfectly fine. I know I will be looking up a few works after reading this book. Also, given that I have read some steampunk fiction pieces that were less than stellar, this book helped to reignite a bit of my joy in the genre.