Revolution’s Reign

January 7, 2017

Amazon describes this as “a steampunk military adventure.” Oooh-kay…

BOO-ring false flagging

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Hitch

8 years ago

Stick a sword in it…it’s done.

So, wow. I should have instantly known the genre from that completely steampunk sword! Oh, wait…nope, it doesn’t look steampunky, at ALL. No nearly-impossible turn of the (20th) century tech; no flying machines, no outrageously wild guns…nothing.

Is there a blandpunk genre?

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