The idea of Dieselpunk very much interests me. But in point of fact, I have not yet read any dieselpunk novels. I have instead been doing a little net surfing to see if any might catch my fancy, and so far I am not optimistic.
I know better than to pass judgement on books I have not read. But since life is short and books are long as the saying goes (and writing my own work takes considerable time because I am not a fast writer) I like to scout things out sometimes just to see if they are likely reads for me.
So far (enlighten me please, if you know better) what I have found discussed on the net in terms of dieselpunk fiction seems to belong to one of the following categories:
-- The What if Hitler had won WWII category
-- The SS/Hitler/Wehrmacht etc. meets Dracula (or some kind of occult force) category
-- The young adult fiction about kids in planes category
Again, I don't want to disparage any of these books. But the above topics just don't interest me. Does Dieselpunk go in any other directions?
Original Caption: How Germany is being disarmed. These planes are waiting to be scrapped.
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