Steampunk ARC–take a photo in a steam-appropriate place?
Jeff VanderMeer • April 14th, 2008 @ 9:34 pm • Uncategorized
I’ve got one Steampunk advance copy left and an insatiable curiosity to see it in a steampunk-appropriate place. I’ll send it to you if you can convince you can know of the right place, can get there easily, and take a photo you promise to send to me. (Because otherwise, a 15-ton clock will fall on you when you least expect it…) We’ll sign the ARC. Just put your pitch in the comments.
Jeff
April 14, 2008 at 9:47 pm
“I’ll send it to me”? Hrmm…sadly, I cannot think of an interesting place in my piddling po-dunk suburb where I can have a photo taken. Otherwise, I’d be over this like white on rice. Shall be interesting to see what others come up with, though.
April 14, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Melbourne has some wonderful gothic and victorian architecture slap bang in middle of the city. I could easily take a photo of a suitably steampunkish place.
April 15, 2008 at 1:00 am
Just thought of the perfect place – just down the road from where I work. Unfortunately haven’t got my camera today but will take a photo tomorrow.
April 15, 2008 at 1:43 am
Pretty much everywhere around me is appropriate (15th century church? 16th century mill?), but how does one take a photo of a book?
April 15, 2008 at 2:51 am
I could put the book inside the flywheel of a turn-of-the-century internal combustion engine and photograph it there. How does that sound?
April 15, 2008 at 3:29 am
Hi Jeff,
I could have a photo taken with your book in Swansea Industrial Museum where there are exhibits of steam-powered paraphernalia that hark back to when Swansea was at the forefront of steam-powered technology and was the biggest producer of copper in the world. It was given the nickname ‘Copperopolis’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/swansea/pages/copperopolis.shtml
Don’t know if comments allow photos but here goes:
If it didn’t work there’s a link here:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/Bob_Lock/museum.jpg
Cheers,
Bob
April 15, 2008 at 4:04 am
Does the back of a Macca’s count? There’s plenty of steam when the grill’s cleaned and it can get kind of punkish when it’s busy.
April 15, 2008 at 7:38 am
Is there anyone near Vancouver? There’s a steam powered clock there, a photo by that seems like an appropriate location.
April 15, 2008 at 9:26 am
I propose to read this anthology at a Victorian dining establishment that is made out of a converted railway station. I think a Sunday brunch would be best (they have quite the brunch). Here’s the place: http://www.claras.com/lanwalk/train.html
April 15, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I could take it to Gasworks Park . . . .
http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/_images/parks/GasWorks/Aerial.jpg
April 15, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Okay, Anne and Bob, it was tough, but you two is it. I found an extra copy. Bob–I don’t think I have your address. Email me at vanderworld at hotmail.com ?
Jeff
April 16, 2008 at 12:04 am
Thanks Jeff!
I wandered around Melbourne at lunchtime today and took several photos of Steampunkish sort of buildings, sculptures etc. Will send a few tonight and put the rest on Flickr.
April 16, 2008 at 12:53 am
Photos on flickr now: http://www.flickr.com/gp/20312147@N00/yPE4ax
April 16, 2008 at 4:23 am
Hey great Jeff!,
I think you’ll be pleased, there are some great exhibits in that museum. My address is speeding its way to you as we speak (by steam-powered dirigible) you should have it shortly (they also use brane-theory wormholes, steam generated, of course…) Thanks for picking me and congrats to Anne :)
Best,
Bob
April 16, 2008 at 6:47 am
Oh, too late, too late, serves me good for not checking up sooner. Still, my most favoritest part of Brisbane town are these scrap metal-sculptures of kangaroos along George st; I walk past them every day on my way to work- reclining, feeding, and one doing what can only be described as ‘trumpeting’ from the attachment coming out its mouth (that one is my favorite). It raises two obvious questions, I think: what would a mechanical kangaroo be feeding on, if in fact, that is what it is doing, and what do you think the call of the wild robot trumpetier kangaroo sounds like?
April 16, 2008 at 6:48 am
(eeps, you can see them here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_culture_of_Brisbane#City_Public_sculptures !)
April 16, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I get the last laugh. I’m still going to go have brunch. :)