S'okay! Another book I would add to those two if you read YA fiction at all is Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, which is set in an alternate WWI. There are other books that are often recced as being a part of the larger steampunk ouvre, but I haven't read them all. Some of them are:
* Steampunk (http://www.amazon.com/Steampunk-Ann-VanderMeer/dp/1892391759), edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer - This is a really cool anthology that I actually own and have for a while. It's a good cross section and overview of the genre. * Novels by China Miéville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville) - He apparently characterizes himself as 'weird fiction', but anything that has zeppelins and pulls from Lovecraft is pretty much a plus in my book. (Try Perdido Street Station). * The Baroque Cycle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle_(novel)) by Neal Stephenson - A series of historical novels by a popular postcyberpunk author. His novel Snow Crash is not involved in the baroque cycle, but came very highly recced to me when I asked about cyberpunk novels around this time last year. * The Alchemy of Stone (http://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Stone-Ekaterina-Sedia/dp/0809572842) by Ekaterina Sedia - About a clockwork girl caught in the middle of a war between alchemists and machinists, trying to find what it means to be to actually be alive. * Clockwork Heart (http://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Heart-Dru-Pagliassotti/dp/0809572567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221535647&sr=1-1) by Dru Pagliassotti - A metal winged courier caught up in intrigue and terrorism by a chance rescue. * Anno Dracula (http://www.amazon.com/Anno-Dracula-Kim-Newman/dp/2290049662/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221537212&sr=8-5) by Kim Newman - I know nothing about this author, but I apparently REALLY need to read this book: In this first of what looks to be an excellent series, Victorian England has vampires at every level of society, especially the higher ones, and they engage in incessant intrigue, power games, and casual oppression of the weak--activities, as we know, that are all too human.
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* Steampunk (http://www.amazon.com/Steampunk-Ann-VanderMeer/dp/1892391759), edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer - This is a really cool anthology that I actually own and have for a while. It's a good cross section and overview of the genre.
* Novels by China Miéville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville) - He apparently characterizes himself as 'weird fiction', but anything that has zeppelins and pulls from Lovecraft is pretty much a plus in my book. (Try Perdido Street Station).
* The Baroque Cycle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle_(novel)) by Neal Stephenson - A series of historical novels by a popular postcyberpunk author. His novel Snow Crash is not involved in the baroque cycle, but came very highly recced to me when I asked about cyberpunk novels around this time last year.
* The Alchemy of Stone (http://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Stone-Ekaterina-Sedia/dp/0809572842) by Ekaterina Sedia - About a clockwork girl caught in the middle of a war between alchemists and machinists, trying to find what it means to be to actually be alive.
* Clockwork Heart (http://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Heart-Dru-Pagliassotti/dp/0809572567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221535647&sr=1-1) by Dru Pagliassotti - A metal winged courier caught up in intrigue and terrorism by a chance rescue.
* Anno Dracula (http://www.amazon.com/Anno-Dracula-Kim-Newman/dp/2290049662/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221537212&sr=8-5) by Kim Newman - I know nothing about this author, but I apparently REALLY need to read this book: In this first of what looks to be an excellent series, Victorian England has vampires at every level of society, especially the higher ones, and they engage in incessant intrigue, power games, and casual oppression of the weak--activities, as we know, that are all too human.