It’s me, Roland Yeomans, again. “Again?” you say, “You were
never here before.”
Ah, not in your suburb of the multi-verse maybe. But in mine, I have been here many, many
times.
Multiverse.
Every decision that could have been made at each step of
your way has really already been made, creating its own string of consequences.
Anything that can happen has
happened in a multitude of separate universes.
Life is a universal “Choose Your Own Adventure.”
That kind of thinking is the springboard for Alternate
Histories, Historical Fantasies, and Steampunk.
Speaking of which – where exactly is the punk in Steampunk?
Punk Music actually –
You know: urban, raw, ugly, obnoxious, disillusioned, and
disenchanted four-member rock bands who literally didn't know how to play their
instruments, but decided they liked the constant stream of paychecks and pretty
groupies, so learned to clean up their acts and play better.
Two popular authors who claimed to be writing steampunk were
Bruce Sterling and William Gibson. Their dystopian Victorian novel was The
Difference Engine.
Their world was
dystopic enough that you wouldn't want to live there, but the computer hackers
who did were usually very "cool.”
So, that being
said, I chose my own adventure in the thrilling days of yesteryear.
Man, I can hear
those groans out there. Yes, I am now
going to shamelessly pander my novel set to be published in March.
But don’t go
anywhere, or you’ll miss the SEX.
You betcha: SEX.
Hey, this is a
honeymoon tale of intrigue, betrayal, danger, and SEX aboard the Xanadu,
the first Air/Steamship sailing for Paris and the unholy lands in 1867.
What is the theme
of this novel? “My back; your
knife. My gun; your head.”
What do an insane
Abraham Lincoln, a vampiric Benjamin Franklin, Captain Nemo, and a being
thinking himself Lucifer all have in common?
The death of a Texas
Ranger who has already cursed himself by marrying an immortal (No, not
immoral!) evil empress of an alien race hiding in the shadows of this world.
What is the name of
this fabulous tome you ask? Even if you
haven’t asked, I am going to give it to you anyway.
Board the Xanadu
for the adventure of a lifetime when it sets sail in March. Cost of passage? Just $9.99.
