I've decided that the western I've been working on 'only for a short while' will be steampunk. For those of you who don't know what steampunk is, I'll try and summarize it in as few words as possible. According to Wiki Steampunk is a sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" of such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or digital mechanical computers (such as Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine); these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or with a presumption of functionality. (borrowed directly from Wikipedia)
Anyway, my western/cowboy story is going to be a mix of old and new, and quite impossible inventions. This means I have to come up with some bots that don't exist, and also incorporate some things that do. I think it should be ten times better than a regular historical. Hey, who needs a carriage when you can taken a ride on an airship? Right?
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