Monday, September 19, 2011
Alternate History Steampunk Maps…
Steampunk, interestingly enough, is easily one of the most popular alternate history genres on the market. By definition a change in technology, leading to changes in political, economic, and a plethora of other things, is not only a great potential for excellent writing (just ask the Steampunk Scholar for a few suggestions), but alternate history maps with a Steampunk view are also unique gems to behold.
I happened upon the artistic cartographer, ~Alt-Reality, a bit ago, who designed some amazing alternate history maps. A few Steampunk-focused maps exist, but to truly enjoy them do take the link to the lager versions – they are painfully beautiful! Additionally, there are plenty of other alternate history maps at ~Alt-Reality’s Deviant Art location, (including yet a few more Steampunk maps to indulge in), located at… http://alt-reality.deviantart.com/
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Mark Fenger
said…
I love maps, especially alternate ones. Back when I was a kid, first dreaming of being an author one day Id draw an endless stream of maps, figuring out the countries and their allegiances, character, etcetera. Unfortunately when I was a kid I never got much further than that (I thought that was the most important step in writing a fantasy series).
Now Im older, perhaps wiser, with a steampunk novel on the way to publishers. Hopefully theyll find a good artist to draw the maps for me.
http://brassbolts.blogspot.com/
September 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM
RF
said…
@ Mr. Fenger – Indeed, maps are a fantastic "what if" diversion, akin to Steampunk. I do wish you the best on your search for a cartographer, and will certainly keep an eye out for the release of Aetherstorm!
September 20, 2011 at 7:28 PM
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