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Just read Cinder Spires book 2 and these books are a Steampunk sequel to Stephen King's "The Mist." (lemmy.starlightkel.xyz)
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No really, these books are what you get if you answer the question "What if after the Mist came, the surviving humans rebuilt a Steampunk civilization with magic airships and uplifted cats?"

I was gonna say this is now my head canon, but I actually think he's so obvious about drawing the connections in this book it's a little beyond head canon.

Anyway, since I feel sure it will come up if I start a conversation about these books on Lemmy, feel free to use the space below ↓ to hate on Jim Butcher for his MenWritingWomen problems... They're real and they bug me too. They just don't stop him from telling a fun and engaging story, which this was for me.

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[–] Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely enjoyed the first one, didn't notice any problems with it myself. What was remarkable to me, is that he manages to make the three-dimensional combat easily follow-able, something I see a lot of authors struggle with.

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

There was a bit less airship combat (although it's still definitely a thing, especially toward the end) in book 2. Two REALLY epic duels though. The duels were so good, when I got to the end of each one I went back and reread it from the beginning.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How apropos that steampunk is what you get when you slap half-cocked period fashion on highschool theater tier drama and handwave science (ie. physics, economics, politics, ecology, etc.) to cobble together tired tropes for semi-literate self-styled "outcasts"... Basically Twilight for LARPers. 🤷🏼‍♂️

edit: I see steampunk cringe doesn't hinder the ability to silently downvote. Cute.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I could make a very similar argument for basically every genre of fiction. The vast majority of authors suck at worldbuilding, but that's because it's mostly unneeded for the story.