The theme of the most recent successful Kickstarter event was steampunk's sexual guide, and I now hold the completed book in my hand.
So I can say (mostly)
You should buy the book without reservation.
Please allow me to tell you why, before I start nitpicking
The tenacity of the book itself.
Sex is a very strange topic in the United States, because it is completely legal, but it is taboo.
Unlike illegal and non-taboo things like drug use, murder, theft, etc.
This means that children can watch people slaughtered on TV and learn how to cut people open and hide their bodies, but don't know how to have sex safely and seriously.
If it's not ridiculous, I don't know what it is.
However, the book The steampunk guide discusses these issues from the burning book.
It doesn't sound like steampunk, does it?
If you think Steampunk is a Victorian phenomenon, it's not.
But if you think, as I do, that Steampunk is a thoroughly modern phenomenon that responds to contemporary society, then this book makes absolutely sense.
This is consistent with the introduction to the book written by Margaret kiljoy, which says, "In my opinion, steampunk, it is a combination of the obsession with 19th-century/Victorian aesthetics and the desire to take root in the present.
"The first question I heard about the book was," What is this ? "?
"I mean, what exactly is steampunk sex, what's the difference between this and non-steampunk sexSteampunk sex?
Like the infamousbut-now-
Christwire, which is closed.
Com article about steampunk, humorously described-
Many called "steam tracking"
The man's partner engaged to smoke to simulate the steam discharge of the locomotive?
It turns out, no, it's not about steam tracking or anything like that, thank goodness.
It's not a stupid book, it's not a humorous book, it's not even an interesting one.
The keyword in the title is not "sex" but "guide ".
It combines information about the practice of modernity with historical facts and practices.
Making a roll is a good read for any steampunk.
Historical topics range from Victorian homosexuality to pornography, sexually transmitted diseases, and even genital piercings.
Modern themes include making sex toys, becoming a stripper, and agreeing to rules.
As I said, this is a collection of historical facts of interest to steampunk, as well as possible direct modern techniques and techniques (or indirect)use.
In addition, the book is decorated with tintype images taken by Margaret kiljoy, which is very appropriate because, as he said, "The process is used to take a lot of obscene work during the day.
"The book itself is very good, very good --
Even though I was very disappointed to find out that it was black and white, given that the image was tintype, nothing was lost because they didn't show up in the color.
However, I hope it will be a little bigger.
For some reason, I'm expecting a book to be larger in length and width, as the book is only a little larger than a paperback novel, with only about 150 pages.
That being said, it could be my fault because I imagined it as a coffee table book, and it was clearly not for reading, but for the cover.
However, length is a real problem for me because I feel that many contributions are too short.
Most contributors have only two or three pages per article, when I feel there is at least twice the reason for the topic.
Although it's too short!
"This is your worst complaint, usually a good sign.
However, I have some other questions to ask.
Although I am a big fan of Alan Moore's work, two of the three articles he wrote in the book are secondarypar.
The first is only a summary of a book he has read, and the second is that he constantly destroys his authority.
Still, his third article on hell is one of the most fascinating in the book.
There are many references to other works in this book, but no formal bibliography is included.
It really drives me crazy as a scholar, but if I don't point out, a casual reader might not even notice it.
It's also a bit bothering my academic self, that is, the topic jumps a lot, though it might be good again for people looking for more subject surveys.
Overall, I am very satisfied with the book.
I think it handled it well and I never felt it was cheap or that it was trying to take advantage of steampunk.
My favorite part is the sexual part of the Victorian period.
But I almost like every article I read.
Almost everyone on Earth can read several of these articles, such as Luna Celeste's joy and challenge of enthusiastic consent and how to deal with it, instead of KC Crowell's "crawling ".
This book has something important to learn and you will do it yourself or someone else (or both! )
If you buy them a discount.